USS Enterprise (CVN 65) - Naval Cruise Book

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THE LE GEN L.. TERPRISE LIKE HISTORY ITSELF - THE NAME OF ENTERPRISE REPEATS ITSELF. SHIPS IN THE SERVICE OF OUR NATION HAVE BORE THE ILLUSTRIOUS NAME OF ENTERPRISE SINCE 1775. THE FIRST OF EIGHT SHIPS TO BEAR THE NAME WAS A 70- TON SLOOP, NAMED SO AFTER BEING CAPTURED BY BENEDICT ARNOLD ON LAKE CHAMPLAIN. THE FIRST ENTERPRISE WAS REPLACED BY AN EIGHT-GUN SCHOONER, THE SECOND ENTER- PRISE. SHE SERVED THE NAVY BRIEFLY, HOWEVER, AND MAINLY AS A CARGO SHIP. THE THIRD ENTERPRISE WAS A 12-GUN SCHOONER BUILT AT BALTIMORE, MARYLAND. FROM DE- CEMBER 1799 TO FEBRUARY 1801, WITH THE FRIGATE CON- STELLATION, SHE PATROLLED THE WEST INDIES, CAPTURING AND DESTROYING SEVERAL FRENCH SHIPS. THE REST OF HER CAREER WAS SPENT IN EQUALLY SUCCESSFUL DEPLOYMENTS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN, AGAIN PROTECTING AMERICAN COM- MERCIAL SHIPS. IN THE WAR OF 1812 SHE PATROLLED THE UNITED STATES' EAST COAST FOR INVADING BRITISH SHIPS. THE FOURTH ENTERPRISE, BUILT IN 1831, SPENT THE MAIOR- ITY OF HER COMMISSION PROTECTING NORTH AMERICAN INTERESTS OF THE TROUBLED SHORES OF SOUTH AMERICA. THE FIFTH ENTERPRISE, FROM 1874-1901, MADE CRUISES TO EUROPE, SOUTH AMERICA, IAPAN AND AUSTRALIA. THE SIXTH ENTERPRISE, IN THE SERVICE OF THE SECOND NA- VAL DISTRICT, PERFORMED HARBOR TUG DUTIES AT NEW- PORT, RHODE ISLAND. THE SEVENTH ENTERPRISE WAS AN 827-FOOT 4-INCH AIR- CRAFT CARRIER. FOLLOWING THE DECEMBER 7TH RAID BY THE IAPANESE, THE SHIP TOOK UP PATROL OFF HAWAII, AND HER PLANES SANK A JAPANESE SUBMARINE ON DECEMBER 10TH. THE ENTERPRISE SERVED AS A FLAGSHIP FOR ADMIRAL HALSEY, AND ENGAGED IN SUCH WELL-KNOWN BATTLES AS THE RAID ON TOKYO AND THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY. AS PREDECESSOR TO THE PRESENT DAY ENTERPRISE, THE 25,000 TON AIRCRAFT CARRIER WAS COMMISSIONED IN 1937. AFFECTIONATELY NICKNAMED THE BIG 'E' AND LATER, THE FIGHTING GRAY LADY . WORLD WAR II BATTLE ACTION EARNED CV-6 NUMEROUS AWARDS AND 20 BATTLE STARS. UNDERWAY UNDER NUCLEAR POWER - THOSE WERE THE FAMOUS WORDS SPOKEN BY ADMIRAL HYMAN RICKOVER AS THE WORLD'S FIRST NUCLEAR POWERED SHIP, THE SUBMARINE USS NAUTILUS WAS LAUNCHED IN 1955. ON NOVEMBER 26, 1961 THE WORDS OF HYMAN RICKOVER TOOK ON A NEW DIMENSION WITH THE COMMISSIONING OF THE WORLD'S FIRST NUCLEAR POWERED AIRCRAFT CARRIER, USS ENTERPRISE CCVN-657. IT IS THE EIGHTH SHIP TO BEAR THE NAME - THIS TIME INSCRIBED ON THE HULL OF AN AWESOME 90,000 TON NUCLEAR POWERED WARSHIP WHICH COST NEAR- LY ONE-HALF BILLION DOLLARS TO CONSTRUCT. DURING THE COMMISSIONING CEREMONY, SECRETARY OF THE NAVY, IOHN B. CONNALLY IR. SAID THE GIANT WARSHIP WAS A WORTHY SUCCESSOR TO THE HIGHLY DECORATED SEVENTH ENTERPRISE OF WORLD WAR II, AND THAT SHE WOULD REIGN OVER THE SEAS FOR A LONG, LONG TIME. HIS WORDS WERE PROPHETIC. COMMISSIONING CEREMONIES: PREPARING FOR LAUNCHING CEREMONIES AT NEWPORT NEWS SHIPBUILDING AND DRYDOCK COMPANY IN VIRGINIA WHERE THE CHRISTENING HON OF THE NAVY ON SEPTEMBER 24, 1960- ORS WERE PERFORMED BY MRS. WILLIAM B. FRANK, WIFE OF THE HONORABLE FORMER SECRETARY

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OLD SUPER STRUCTURE: ILEFTI ORIGINAL SUPERSTRUCTURE SPORTING NUMEROUS RADAR DETECTORS CIRCLING THE UPPER DOME. CRIGHTD THE HOISTING OF THE MAST COMPLETES THE 25 STORY HEIGHT OF THE SHIP. THE BIG E STEAMS BENEATH THE BAY BRIDGE, RETURNING TO ITS HOMEPORT OF ALAMEDA. ,...-.A.4-Lf--n-rW-------- W f v V -- , - -- ---A : ..