Sailors move supplies and equipment as they prepare for the final deployment of the nuclear aircraft carrier USS Enterprise at the Norfolk Naval Station in Norfolk, Va. The ship's storied 50-year history includes action in several wars, a prominent role in the Cuban missile crisis and serving as a spotter ship for John Glenn's orbit of the Earth. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
And we won’t have a ship named Enterprise. End of an era.
Is this the last Carrier not named after a person?
“The ship regularly has to make its own parts from scratch when something breaks down. Spare parts for much of the ship, which is the only one of its class, simply don’t exist.”
There just are not as many nuclear aircraft carrier parts stores as there used to be out in the middle of the Indian Ocean.
Actually, CV-6 Enterprise was the Big-E. The CVN Enterprise is scheduled to be replaced by the politician class Gerald Ford. It gets worse, at least the CVN Nimitz was named after an admiral, but it's getting replaced by the new John F. Kennedy. There are no plans for naming another carrier the Enterprise.
With apologies for this being so wayyyy off the topic of this threaed, but a few days ago, I happened to be talking with someone who was involved with the filming of Top Gun. He recalled (in so many words) that Mister Cruise was the most self-important, whiny, petulant, insulting, and demanding jerk that one could imagine during the filming of this movie.
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My former son in law was on the Enterprise heading home after a long cruise. Things changed quickly. It was 9-11 and they turned it around and headed for the Taliban.
Keep all these folks in your prayers. My nephew is one of the sailors on board.