The USS Enterprise (CVN-65) holds a historic place in naval history as the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in the ...

Summary and Key Points: The name Enterprise has a storied history in the U.S. Navy, with eight vessels bearing the name and a ninth, CVN-80, currently under construction. -Notably, CVN-65, the ...

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,… ...

For the Big E, it was the beginning of the end. On March 11, 2012, USS Enterprise (CVN-65)—the world’s first nuclear aircraft carrier and the oldest active combat ship in the U.S. Navy—left ...

On Feb. 3, the USS Enterprise (CVN 65) will be officially decommissioned at the Newport News Shipyard, the same place where the ship was built decades ago.

On December 1, the U.S. Navy retired the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN-65) — the world’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier — after a remarkable 51 years of service.

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 Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) is the eighth Nimitz-class nuclear aircraft carrier and the ninth nuclear-powered carrier since the USS Enterprise (CVN 65).

More than 5,500 Sailors and Marines serving on USS Enterprise (CVN 65) pulled into Naval Station Mayport on Oct. 31 for the last time before the ship returned to Norfolk, Va., on Nov. 4, following ...

The aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65) was moved Saturday from Pier 2 at Huntington Ingalls Industries Newport News Shipbuilding division to her original birthplace, Dry Dock 11.

The USS Enterprise CVN 80 is seen in the Newport News Shipbuilding yard on Friday, Aug. 26, 2022 ahead of Saturday's keel-laying ceremony.

The most recent, version of Enterprise CVN 65, was the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in history. Already, 20,000 pounds of steel from CVN 65 have been incorporated into modules for CVN 80.