Wow. I do feel, as many sailors do, a sentimentality towards ships, and even though I never served on her, the Enterprise means something more, and not some schmaltzy Star Trek sentimentality.
I definitely feel a tie through her back to CV-6. CVN-65 was a worthy successor.
Granted, some ships suck, some you don’t want to be on at a given time, but if you lived on it, sailed on it, or fought on it, it does generate a tie to you.
Even if you sometimes hated being on it...:)
A decommissioned ship is a sad thing really. With no crew it is just a floating ornate metal box, a ghost town with no life.
Actually, in Star Trek, this version was held in high esteem as one of of many ships carrying the name with pride. There were scenes in several episodes where the models of all the prior Enterprise ship models (some real, some imaginary) can be seen in Captain's board room.
It was a tribute to her by Roddenberry, who was a WWII Army Air Corps pilot with 89 combat missions.
Even if you sometimes hated being on it...:)
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The TWO best ships one ever served on was the one they were going to and the one they just left....
I liked my ‘Gators’ just fine during and after....
It's a fact. I was on the Constellation (CV64) and often hated being stuck on that boat. Now those memories are some of my most cherished and I would pay to be able to take a tiger cruise. Of course that's impossible because they towed her off to scrap. I live within sight of PSN and could see her tied up over there. Watching her get towed off was pretty tough.