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Last Flight and Cruise for the Enterprises

The space shuttle Enterprise is taking her last flight, to New York City where she will take up residence at the Intrepid museum. CNet has a brief blurb on it,

Shuttle Enterprise makes its last flight

 

On the other side of the world, the nuclear aircraft carrier USS Enterprise, CVN 65, is on her last cruise. While other recently retired carriers have been retired as museum ships, as we all know, the Enterprise is a nuclear wessel. To get the reactors out, she will be left in too ugly a condition for display.

 

There is a movement floating around Washington that the next unnamed carrier ought to be called Enterprise. Star Trek aside, just from the tradition of World War II's CV 6, I'd like to see this happen.

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There is a movement floating around Washington that the next unnamed carrier ought to be called Enterprise. Star Trek aside, just from the tradition of World War II's CV 6, I'd like to see this happen.

 

I second the notion. If tradition is lost, we will also lose a bit of history.

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CV-6 United States World War 2 Aircraft Carrier earned 20 Battle Stars, more than any U.S. Navy Vessel. The Japanese claimed she was sunk three times during the war. Launched in 1936, Her knack for survival earned her the title "Big-E." She was not at Pearl Harbor when the Japanese bombed it, She sailed with the USS Hornet when that vessel carried B-25 bombers in the "Doolittle Raid" to particpated in the massive battle of Leyte Gulf, and supported attacks against Japan herself. She was damaged near the end of the war by A Kamikaze on her forward elevator lift. While undergoing repairs the atom bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagaski. After VJ day, she ferried troops home from the Europe.

 

This is but a snippet of an incredible story of a Warship. It did not have a good ending, as she was scrapped in 1958 despite efforts then to save this incredible Naval Vessel. The Navy KNEW they had to honor her, despite this inglorious ending..Naming CVN-65, the world's first Nuclear Aircraft Carrier with her name Enterprise.

 

I don' know where the quote originated but the article I read claimed " Some have labeled her the most glorious and honored ship in the history of the United States Navy, rivaled only perhaps by the 18th century frigate USS Constitiution." A.K.A old Ironsides.

 

CV-6 WILL be remembered again as another Aircraft Carrier with the name Enterprise. The successor to the Nimitz class Aircraft Carrier is still being designed, she will probably be one of this class. The History of CV-6 is an incredible read, it's no wonder her name eventually was linked up with Star Trek.

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And Admiral... It is the Enterprise.

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