USS Enterprise (CVN-65)

USS Enterprise underway in the Atlantic Ocean

USS Enterprise (CVN-65), formerly CVA(N)-65, is a decommissioned United States Navy aircraft carrier. In 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 have the Enterprise name. At 1,123 feet (342 m), she is the longest naval vessel ever built and the only ship of her class, which was originally planned to have five other ships. Enterprise had a crew of some 4,600 service members.

Enterprise[1] was, at the time of inactivation, the third-oldest commissioned vessel in the United States Navy after the wooden-hulled USS Constitution and USS Pueblo (AGER-2).[2] She became inactive on 1 December 2012,[3] and officially decommissioned on 3 February 2017.[4] She was replaced by the USS Gerald R. Ford.

References

  1. ↑ US Navy. "Welcome to Navy Forces Online Public Sites". Archived from the original on 27 July 2013. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
  2. ↑ House and Senate Armed Services Committees agree FY 2010 Navy shipbuilding authorization, Defpro, 10 October 2009, archived from the original on 17 July 2011
  3. ↑ "FY13 Projected Ship Inactivation Schedule". Bureau of Naval Personnel. March 2012. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  4. ↑ Vergakis, Brock. "Navy to give final farewell to aircraft carrier USS Enterprise". Archived from the original on 25 January 2017.
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