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USS Enterprise (CV-6) photography collection Archived 16 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine (Naval History and Heritage Command) USS Enterprise (CV-6) aircraft carrier photo archive (NavSource.org) Newsreel coverage of Enterprise being taken to scrapyard (begins at 0:53 mark) A film of the attacks on Enterprise on 24 August 1942. The film was ...
USS Enterprise (CVN-65), formerly CVA(N)-65, is a decommissioned [12] United States Navy aircraft carrierIn 1958, she became the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in the United States Navy, and the world, as well as the eighth United States naval vessel to bear the name.
Crewmen prepare food in the galley aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ENTERPRISE (CVN 65). Author: UNKNOWN: Orientation: Normal: Horizontal resolution: 284 dpi: Vertical resolution: 284 dpi: Software used: Adobe Photoshop 7.0: File change date and time: 10:05, 16 October 2003: Color space: Uncalibrated
It was soon followed by the other pre-World War II classes: the Lexington class; USS Ranger, the first U.S. purpose-built carrier; theYorktown class, and USS Wasp. [2] As World War II loomed, two more classes of carriers were commissioned under President Franklin Roosevelt: the Essex class, which is informally divided into regular bow and ...
USS Enterprise (CV-6) Yorktown-class aircraft carrier: 12 May 1938 17 February 1947 Served with unparalleled distinction in World War II, the most decorated ship of that war. Scrapped, 1 July 1958 – May 1960. USS Enterprise (CVN-65) Enterprise-class aircraft carrier: 25 November 1961 3 February 2017 [2] World's first nuclear-powered aircraft ...
By the end of World War II, Enterprise had been considerably modified. Her final displacement was 32,060 tons and her final armament was 8 single 5-inch/38 caliber DP guns , 40 40 mm Bofors AA guns , 6 quad and 8 twin (replacing the ineffective 1.1"/75 caliber gun quad mounts which the Yorktown class had initially been fitted with) and 50 ...
Description: USS Enterprise (CVAN-65): Scene on the carrier's hangar deck, taken during Operation "Sea Orbit", 15 September 1964. Aircraft seen include North American A-5A Vigilante heavy attack planes (including BuNo 146700, at left, undergoing maintenance); Vought F-8E Crusader fighters; Douglas A-4C Skyhawk light attack planes (including BuNo 147745 and 149543) and McDonnell F-4B Phantom II ...
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