It’s hard for someone my age (and a veteran) to see the Enterprise (CVN-65) go away....*SIGH*
I had a similar feeling when touring NYC and walking on the USS Intrepid (WW2 aircraft carrier). It was neat to do, but the whole time I was thinking how much better it would have been to walk on the WW2 Enterprise, which they said would have been too costly to repair to make a museum out of it.
20 battle stars. 71 enemy ships sunk and 192 ships damaged (including credit for assisting with other allied ships in sinking enemy ships)