As America's first nuclear-powered carrier, the USS Enterprise (CVN-65) seemed to set the mold for ... air operations off Vietnam, as well as some of the first air missions in Afghanistan.

The day was September 24. The year – 1960. The U.S.S. Enterprise was christened at Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. Some 1,200 people attend the ceremony. Mrs. William B. Franke, wife of ...

Key Points: The USS Enterprise (CVN 65) was the first nuclear-powered aircraft ... and launching air strikes during the Vietnam War. -Equipped with advanced nuclear reactors and capable of ...

She logged multiple combat deployments to Vietnam, launching thousands ... The decommissioning of CVN-65 was not the end of USS Enterprise. CVN-80, the third Ford-class carrier, will bear the ...

When the USS Enterprise (CVN 65) sailed away from Norfolk ... During the height of the Vietnam War, nearly 100 aircraft were launched each day from the Enterprise, laden with explosives ...

What You Need to Know: The USS Enterprise (CVN-65) was the world’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and the eighth U.S. Navy vessel to bear the name. Commissioned in 1961, it ...

the USS Enterprise (CVN 65) was described as a "legendary" vessel that helped shape history. It served more than 50 years, playing a role in the Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam and the wars in Iraq ...

When the last vessel to bear the name, the nuclear USS Enterprise (CVN-65), was decommissioned in December 2012, then-Secretary of the Navy, Ray Mabus, made an announcement: The legacy of "Big-E ...

The former USS Enterprise (CVN 65) will be dismantled and disposed of ... it also played a role in the Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam, and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan It was officially ...

The aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN-65) makes its final voyage to Newport News Shipbuilding. US Navy Photo Courtesy of Huntington Ingalls Industries The Navy is looking to contract with a ...

the Vietnam War and the Iraq War, becoming the oldest operating ship in the Navy. Ships from the Enterprise Carrier Strike Group were underway with the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65) in ...

She logged multiple combat deployments to Vietnam, launching thousands ... The decommissioning of CVN-65 was not the end of USS Enterprise. CVN-80, the third Ford-class carrier, will bear the ...