She was in about every major battle in the Pacific except for Coral Sea. The Big E is a legend.
I wish even now that Congress would act on her and work with one of the big shipbuilders, like Ingalls, to provide funds to build her.
Just build the hull so she could sit at pier...no internal machinery spaces, but finish out the hanger deck, the flight deck and the island...and then make a National Museum ship out of her.
I would pay to go and urge everyone I know to go see her.