USS Enterprise (CVN 65) - Naval Cruise Book

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'n 2 e 4 5 fire f thing I t were kept :es in 5 1 . l men - f 7' gafton Ontof hoses! 118:22 ltothe flaze. 'The 4 V585- llll Pm' ge: , irdto he fs slam! du, , 4 ,,, a 'E ,. 'ft 1'- FORRESTAL, claimed l32 lives. The relatively low casuw me was eroded to me skin of ENTERPRISES fireiighters and damage camel teams. As one Y commander stated, 'They me We had a good crew, but I didn't know they were that Aftertliefireswereomllandlhesmnkesubsidedjmetwo- inch steel flight deck had thine major holes it, as wah as several minor ones. There Was a 26-foot hole ill elevawr four, a 20-foot hole near the landing signal omcefs piadorm, me-l on me starboard side, across from elevator four, was a 25-foot hole. + Eighthoursafterthe t retumedtoPearlHarbonmderitsownpower-itseiQtreacters intact andundamaged. . At the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard were a host of yard workers waiting to board the Big 'E' to stan repairs. Over 650 , working around the clock, restored chaired bulkheads, F2Pl3G6d mangled steel, sorted through the spaghetti of power cables and rehabilitated ventilation systems below the flight deck. Prefabricated sections of the flight deck weighing up to 21, pounds, were airlifted to Hawaii as well as 20 special steel welders. EN TE SE'crewmembers worked alongside the yard force with repairs, installing gear and cleaning spaces. On March Sth, ENTERPRISE was operational and again after 5 days of sea trials, it departed for Yankee Station, its fourth Vietnam e r T 1' .i fair.:- Mi . --it A ,tj 4 p ff, Qi I v 'si 4- .U - ,. ,a 'Ji

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