USS Enterprise (CVN 65) - Naval Cruise Book

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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 : ..

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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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ENTERPRISE IOINED THE SIXTH FLEET IN THE MEDITERRA- NEAN EOR HER FIRST DEPLOYIVIENT, AND FOLLOWING HER RETURN TO NORFOLK IN OCTOBER, 1962, WAS DEPLOYED TO THE FRONT LINE OF THE U.S. NAVAL BLOCKADE DURING THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS. ON MAY 13, 1964, THE WORLD'S FIRST NUCLEAR POWERED TASK FORCE WAS FORMED, BRINGING ENTERPRISE TOGETHER GUIDED MISSILE CRUISER USS LONG BEACH AND WITH THE THE GUIDED MISSILE FRIGATE USS BAINBRIDGE. THE SHIPS WERE DESIGNATED 'TASK FORCE ONE', AND SENT ON OPERA- TION SEA ORBIT , A 30,565 MILE VOYAGE AROUND THE WORLD. ENTERPRISE AND HER NUCLEAR POWERED ESCORTS PERFORMED A NEW FEAT IN NAVAL HISTORY BY STEAMING THE ENTIRE DISTANCE WITHOUT A SINGLE REPLENISHMENT OR REFUELING. TRANSFERRED TO THE PACIFIC FLEET, ENTERPRISE REPORTED TO THE SEVENTH FLEET. IN NOVEMBER, 1965, AND BECAME THE FIRST NUCLEAR POWERED WARSHIP TO ENGAGE IN COMBAT WHEN SHE LAUNCHED HER BOMB-LADEN PLANES AGAINST THE VIET CONG ON DECEMBER 2, 1965. THAT FIRST DAY HER PILOTS UNLEASHED 167-TONS OF ORDNANCE ON THE ENEMY IN 125 COMBAT SORTIES. THE NEXT DAY SHE SET A RECORD OF 165 STRIKE SORTIES IN A SINGLE DAY. E IN ALL, ENTERPRISE MADE SIX COMBAT DEPLOYMENTSMTO SOUTHEAST ASIA, REMAINING 'ON DUT.Y'. UNTIL A CEASE-FIRE WAS DECLARE,D,IN-'THE VIETNAM CONFLICT IN EARLY 197f3.SHE WON. FIVE BATTLE STARSRAND TWOANAVY UNIT COMMENDA- TIONS FOR HER FIGHTING EFFORTS. I MOUNTAIN BACKGROUND: ENTERPRISE CLEFTI OFF THE COAST OF MARISHA FLANKED BY USS FORRESTALL ICVAN-63I. PRESIDENT KENNEDY ADDRESSES THE CREW DURING ENTER- FORMER PRESIDENT LYNDON JOHNSON SPEAKS WITH BIG E PRISE'S COMMISSIONING SEPTEMBER 24, 1960. CREWMEMBERS. FORMER NAVAL AVIATOR, VICE-PRESIDENT BUSH GETS CHECKED OUT IN AN F-14 WHILE VISITING ENTERPRISE DURING THE 1986 CRUISE.