USS Enterprise (CVN 65) - Naval Cruise Book

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.af- i r 5 E 5 I l N X K x B. ENTERPRISE I-IISIO RY The name ENTERPRISE is inherited from seven former ships of the U.S. Navy. including the famous Big E of World War ll - the indestructible attack carrier that earned 20 battle stars against the Japanese in the Pacific. The latest Big E was commissioned on Nov. 25. 1961. The new carrier went to sea Jan. 12. 1962 for her shakedown cruise. finishing April 15 with the highest score ever attained by a new aircraft carrier. Carrier Air Wing Six came aboard June 22. 1962. to form. along with-ENTERPRISE. the most powerful seaborne unit in existence at that time. ln August. ENTERPRISE joined the Sixth Fleet in the Medi- terranean for her first deployment. Following her return to Norfolk on Oct. 11. 1962. she was assigned for a month to the U.S. Navy blockade involved in the Cuban crisis. After return- ing in September 1963 from a second Sixth Fleet deployment. the Big E alternated periods in port with deployments at sea with the Second Fleet until Feb. 8, 1964. when she once again returned to the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean. On May 13. the world's first nuclear-powered task force was formed. bringing ENTERPRISE together with the guided missile cruiser USS LONG BEACH and the guided missile frigate USS BAINBRIDGE. On July 31, the three ships were designated Task Force One and sent on Operation Sea Or- bit', a 49.190 kilometer l30.565 milel voyage around the world. ENTERPRISE and her nuclear-powered sisters per- formed a new feat in naval history by steaming 52,465 engine kilometers l32,600 milesl without a single replenishment or refueling. In October 1964. ENTERPRISE returned to Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company for her first refueling and overhaul. She was ready for sea again the following Spring. The nuclear-powered surface force soon transferred to the U.S Pacific Fleet. With Carrier Air Wing Nine reporting aboard in September, the Big E joined the Seventh Fleet on Nov. 21. 1965, and became the first nuclear-powered warship to engage in combat. During the next six months. Big E planes carried out bombing raids against the enemy military transport and sup- ply areas, bridges and coastal shipping in Vietnam. ENTERPRISE concluded her first combat cruise, arriving at her homeport of Alameda, Calif. on June 21, 1966. ENTERPRISE again left the United States on Nov. 19 to rejoin the Seventh Fleet. Following a brief call at Pearl Harbor. she sailed for her second combat cruise in the Gulf of Tonkin. Air Wing Nine planes were again in the air over North Vietnam by Dec. 18. beginning six months of combat. On March 27. 1967, ENTERPRISE was awarded the battle Efficiency her first award as part of the Pacific Fleet. The cruise ended in June with 13,400 battle missions flown, and ENTERPRISE returned to Alameda July 6. On Oct. 9, the Secretary of the Navy announced that the Big E had won the Navy Unit Commendation during her 1966-67 deployment. After Christmas at Alameda, ENTERPRISE sailed again on Jan. 3, 1968, for her third Western Pacific Cruise. On Jan. 23. ENTERPRISE was suddenly ordered into the Sea of Japan. following the seizure of USS PUEBLO by North Korea. She remained in the area nearly a month as the flag- Cont. on page 10 1 5.41 'Ji Opposite Page: USS Enterprise. the worlds first nuclear powered aircraft carrien keel ia ying at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company. 1958. llnsetl Completely refurbished Enterprise underway for 1982-83 WES TPAC Cruise. This Pago: Hull No. 546 takes shape. 1958. l-listoryi5

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