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General Quarters - Fire & Explosions - Jan. USS Pueblo taken by North Korea - During WESTPAC Deployment NEPTUNUS REX (CROSSING THE EQUATOR) LAT 00- LONG 00įirst nuclear powered warship to serve in combat Dec 2 1965 The Around The World Cruise Of Nuclear Task Force One The decommissioning process is expected to take longer than with previous carriers, due to the nuclear reactors.ĬVN-65 Deployments - Major Events Add a CVN-65 Shellback Initiation

Training exercises with the British Royal NavyĮnterprise is scheduled for decommissioning in 2013.

Operation Frequent Wind for the evacuation of contingencies in Vietnam.

Disaster relief for Typhoon Gervaise on Mauitius Island.

Intimidation of the Navy of India during the Indo-Pakistani War.

Sent sorties for attacks on South Vietnam.

The fifth US Navy ship to bear the name, the INDEPENDENCE was commissioned as attack aircraft carrier CVA 62 and redesignated as multi-purpose aircraft carrier CV 62 on February 28, 1973.

Task Force 71 –protection of reconnaissance patrols over international waters USS INDEPENDENCE was the fourth and last ship in the FORRESTAL - class of aircraft carriers.

Not until May 14, 1945, when a Kamikaze attack off Kyushu, Japan, left a gaping hole in her flight deck, was she forced to leave the war.

As part of 7 th Fleet, launched aircraft and sorties to fight the Viet Cong Enterprise entered World War II on the morning of December 7, 1941, when her scout planes encountered the Japanese squadrons attacking Pearl Harbor.

Formed part of the blockade during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Tracking for the Friendship 7 space capsule that orbited the earth.

Over her long and impressive career, she has participated in the following: Known as “Big E,” she’s due to be decommissioned in 2013.ĭue to cost, she is the only ship in her class and the only one to have more than two nuclear reactors aboard. Launched in 1960 and Commissioned in 1961, it’s the oldest vessel still in use in the U.S. Enterprise was a Yorktown-class carrier, was launched in 1936 and together with the Saratoga, and the Ranger they were the only three American carriers commissioned before the start of the Second World War to survive the war. Enterprise has the distinction of being both the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and the longest carrier in the world. USS Enterprise (CV-6) was an Aircraft Carrier which was kKnown to the troops as the Big E. Enterprise) A bottle of champagne shattered on the bow of the awesome new warship, USS ENTERPRISE (CVN 65), breaking the silence of an anxious crowd at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newport News, Va.