Posted on 07/10/2013 4:49:13 PM PDT by re_tail20
Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced today via video message at the USS Enterprise (CVN 65) inactivation ceremony that the third Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier will be named Enterprise.
Mabus selected this name to honor USS Enterprise (CVN 65), the Navy’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, which was inactivated today in Norfolk, Va. Commissioned in 1961, CVN 65 served for more than five decades. It participated in the blockade of the Cuban Missile Crisis, launched strike operations in Vietnam, and conducted combat missions in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
“The USS Enterprise was the first of its kind, and for 51 years its name has been synonymous with boldness, readiness and an adventurous spirit,” said Mabus. “Rarely has our fleet been without a ship bearing the name. I chose to maintain this tradition not solely because of the legacy it invokes, but because the remarkable work of the name Enterprise is not done.”
The future USS Enterprise, designated CVN 80, will be the ninth ship to bear the name.
USS Enterprise and subsequent Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers will provide improved warfighting capability, quality of life improvements for Sailors and reduced life cycle costs.
The Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier will be 1,092 feet in length and have a beam of 134 feet. The flight deck will be 256 feet wide, and the ship will be able to operate at speeds in excess of 34 knots. Enterprise will be built by Huntington Ingalls Industries-Newport News Shipbuilding in Newport News, Va.
Maybe we can sell the naming rights...
I’m glad to hear that the name Enterprise will not be missing from the U.S.Navy’s Roster of Operational CVN’s for long.
I’m not even a navy veteran and that makes me thrilled.
It is high time for them to dust off Lexington, Saratoga and Yorktown again.
Chode...thanks for that ping!
I know it is silly. I know people might not understand. But for some reason, this is important to me.
Yep. Couldn’t agree more vigorously.
USS Ranger.
USS America
USS Constellation
USS Kitty Hawk
NO MORE POLITICIAN NAMES!
Just finished the book “Enterprise”...very well written!
Whew!
After “they” named a sub for Jimmah, I am surprised they did not name this carrier for some one like John French Kerry (who served in Vietnam, by the way).
I agree with your post # 12.
most welcome... i try to ping you when i see carrier stuff but knew you'd want to see this one, sent the link to one my best buds that was on her too
Gah. It is a struggle. I was just an average sailor, but I am so grateful I did a tour, because I learned so much in that four years. I felt like it completely changed me.
Now, when I look at what a politically correct tub of pus the US Navy has become, it is very difficult for me to reconcile.
I watched that PBS special a few years back, and I tell you, I was sincerely aghast. I just could not believe it.
But I guess I am holding out hope, but...that train has left the station. The damage liberals have done to the USN, they are trying their damndest to wreak that on the Air Force (successfully), Army, and the USMC.
May it be as unsinkable as the last two.
For carrier buffs, the redesigned island-lift for CVN-78, earlier this year.
The “Big E” lives on!
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Glad to see the Enterprise-J at the bottom of the image!
I was dismayed when the Navy named CVN - 79 the “John F. Kennedy”, as he already had a carrier named after him. But this makes up for it.
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