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Final Deployment of USS enterprise has ended on Nov 4 2012, the aircraft carrier is due to be dismentle on December 1 2012, this article is a tribute to this magnificant ship and it's role and achievement both within and outside the service of the United States Navy, and finally to all the sailor who served on board of this amazing ship.
USS enterprise CVN-65, nicknamed "Big E" was build on 1958 and enter US Service on 1961. It achievement are not limited to its US services, it is also the world first Nuclear power aircraft carrier and give blue print on modern construction method to modern carrier.
The big E serve the US for over 50 years started life as a Traditional 6 ship group but construction cost panned the other 5 making USS Enterprise the sole ship of its class, commission first as a test platform of the Nuclear powered giant ship to spearhead the Nuclear force in the US navy, the first couple of year of the Service of Enterprise are to evulate the Nuclear Operation on baord a giant ship like the USS Enterprise and a testbed of technology.
FIrst combat deployment were to Vietnam in South east asia, USS enterprise and her airgroup fly sortie while stationed off Gulf of tokn, it again make history to launch 165 sortie in a single day. with subsequent 8 deployment to SE Asia, it lead with all other ship in the group.
After vietnam, Enterprise endure a long refueling and repairing/refitting/upgrade package where the carrier take on the new F14 Tomcat aircraft. It also upgraded the drive shaft and the reactor.
The next would be combat deployment are to African Country of Uganda, where were tasked to rescue the American hostage held by Idi Amin, however, as the hostage is release, the dash to rescue become a port visit, the carrier return to California without firing a single shot.
In 1984, on a what could be a career ending grounding of the carrier at the San Fransico bay sandbar turned into one of the most memorable moment of the Enterprise, not because of the Grounding nor combat but rather the distinct guess Mr George Takei onboard the Real USS enterprise for a visit.
In 1990s, Enterprise answer the call again, this time in the balkan, having missed the Desert storm due to an overhaul, the carrier was in combat again with Bosnia on administering a no fly zone above the area.
IN year 200, we saw the ship frequent deploy to the gulf region oin support on both Iraqi Freedom and to some extend Enduring Freedom this will see the last war the USS Enterprise fought and on the day of Nov 5, 2012, after returning from the gulf one last time, the US Navy saids no more, they decided the ship should be retired and scrapped as the cost of maintaining a nuclear carrier is too much for any civilian organisation to handle.
So on the December 1 2012, the ship will set sail for one last time, to meet her doom, then, we will see the first nuclear powered aircraft to be decomissioned in the world and ironically, it is the same ship that enter the name as the first Nuclear Aircraft carrier to be enter any naval service in the world. The ship had an everlasting impact to the ship come after her and will always have the everlasting impact to the US Navy as this will not be the end of the USS Enterprise, on 2012, an official petition have been filed to the DOD to name the new Gerald R Ford Carrier CVN-80, it will be the 7th ship that bore the name USS Enterprise. USS enterprise will be replaced by CVN-78 a new class (Gerald R Ford class) carrier bear the same name of its class in the year 2014 or 2015.
USS enterprise CVN-65, nicknamed "Big E" was build on 1958 and enter US Service on 1961. It achievement are not limited to its US services, it is also the world first Nuclear power aircraft carrier and give blue print on modern construction method to modern carrier.
The big E serve the US for over 50 years started life as a Traditional 6 ship group but construction cost panned the other 5 making USS Enterprise the sole ship of its class, commission first as a test platform of the Nuclear powered giant ship to spearhead the Nuclear force in the US navy, the first couple of year of the Service of Enterprise are to evulate the Nuclear Operation on baord a giant ship like the USS Enterprise and a testbed of technology.
FIrst combat deployment were to Vietnam in South east asia, USS enterprise and her airgroup fly sortie while stationed off Gulf of tokn, it again make history to launch 165 sortie in a single day. with subsequent 8 deployment to SE Asia, it lead with all other ship in the group.
After vietnam, Enterprise endure a long refueling and repairing/refitting/upgrade package where the carrier take on the new F14 Tomcat aircraft. It also upgraded the drive shaft and the reactor.
The next would be combat deployment are to African Country of Uganda, where were tasked to rescue the American hostage held by Idi Amin, however, as the hostage is release, the dash to rescue become a port visit, the carrier return to California without firing a single shot.
In 1984, on a what could be a career ending grounding of the carrier at the San Fransico bay sandbar turned into one of the most memorable moment of the Enterprise, not because of the Grounding nor combat but rather the distinct guess Mr George Takei onboard the Real USS enterprise for a visit.
In 1990s, Enterprise answer the call again, this time in the balkan, having missed the Desert storm due to an overhaul, the carrier was in combat again with Bosnia on administering a no fly zone above the area.
IN year 200, we saw the ship frequent deploy to the gulf region oin support on both Iraqi Freedom and to some extend Enduring Freedom this will see the last war the USS Enterprise fought and on the day of Nov 5, 2012, after returning from the gulf one last time, the US Navy saids no more, they decided the ship should be retired and scrapped as the cost of maintaining a nuclear carrier is too much for any civilian organisation to handle.
So on the December 1 2012, the ship will set sail for one last time, to meet her doom, then, we will see the first nuclear powered aircraft to be decomissioned in the world and ironically, it is the same ship that enter the name as the first Nuclear Aircraft carrier to be enter any naval service in the world. The ship had an everlasting impact to the ship come after her and will always have the everlasting impact to the US Navy as this will not be the end of the USS Enterprise, on 2012, an official petition have been filed to the DOD to name the new Gerald R Ford Carrier CVN-80, it will be the 7th ship that bore the name USS Enterprise. USS enterprise will be replaced by CVN-78 a new class (Gerald R Ford class) carrier bear the same name of its class in the year 2014 or 2015.
