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 revolutionized ...
Two recent aircraft carriers—each named USS Enterprise—would have made memorable museum ships. For various reasons, neither could be saved.
This story has been updated to include a statement from HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding. The next Ford-class aircraft carrier is facing a two-year delay that will leave the Navy with ten carriers for ...