[Beowulf9]

Oh, total ping for later!!

[VR-21]

Showboat!

[DCBryan1]

Woot! I got to see the hulk of the Long Beach CGN when I overflew Seattle. I wish we could get her and the Iowa-class BBs up and going.

[existtoexcel]

Salute.... and bookmark.

[Ev Reeman]

My father worked for the Brooklyn Naval Shipyard as a shipfitter. He was able to get us aboard the Enterprise in a tour group for employees and their families. It is a day that I will never forget. We were able to walk through the entire ship, on all decks and it was one of the most beautiful experiences I have ever seen in my life. Unfortunately, shortly after the Brooklyn Naval Shipyard closed down forever.

[married21]

Can’t remember which Star Trek movie this ship was in, but I vaguely remember a wonderful moment when Chekhov was at or in the ship, reporting to Kirk that he was at “the Enterprise”.

[neodad]

What a ship!

[Vroomfondel]

ping

[skeeter]

The yard(Newport News) had built 17 carriers before the Enterprise, including ships in the Forrestal class and the Kitty Hawk class, but it wasn't the only player in the business.

You'd think they'd mention ships of the Yorktown & Essex class before Forrestal.

[oldsalt]

I served aboard Enterprise as a member of Reconnaissance Attack Squadron Seven in 1966-67.

I could go on at great length with a multitude of stories about that great ship,suffice it to say that of the seven carriers I've served aboard she was always my most memorable one.

[Haiku Guy]

I remember, back when I was a kid, the Enterprise was the coolest thing in the whole world... Cooler than the Astronauts... Cooler than the Blue Angels... Cooler than anything.

It still is.

[Haiku Guy]

Somebody should ask Betty Ford if she would not mind, terribly, if her late husband’s name was bumped pack one place in line when it comes time to name our next Supercarrier...

[the_devils_advocate_666]

which required 915 designers and more than 16,000 construction drawings — each done by hand with mechanical pencils and based on calculations done with sliderules.

Ahh, the good old days.

[Pollster1]

But Shatner/Roddenberry's show only premiered 44 years ago.

[GonzoGOP]

Haze gray and underway for 50 years. Who would have thought that the US Government could actually make a good investment. And the funny thing is that at 50 years old she is still more capable than any of the other carriers in the world. In fact she may be more capable than anything the rest of the world even has on the drawing board.

[madamemayhem]

my nephew is serving on the Enterprise, very cool. his whole family have been star trek fanatics for years so it’s even more cool.

[DesScorp]

I was stationed on Big E in the late 80's. Still the greatest ship in the fleet. Congress had better name one of the new Ford carriers Enterprise (or if they cancel them and build the Nimitz class again). There should always be an Enterprise in the fleet. Always.

[magslinger]

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