USS Enterprise (CVN-65) was the world’s first nuclear-powered carrier and a U.S. Navy icon. Commissioned in 1961, the “Big E” tracked John Glenn’s Friendship 7, enforced the Cuban Missile Crisis ...

Summary and Key Points: The name Enterprise has a storied history in the U.S. Navy, with eight vessels bearing the name and a ninth, CVN-80, currently under construction. -Notably, CVN-65, the first ...

Even though aircraft carriers have been around for decades, many can't help but marvel at the unimaginable vastness of the vessels. They are floating military cities that can park off the coast of ...

The U.S. Navy is proposing a new plan for dismantling the decommissioned USS Enterprise that would not use the Hanford site next to Richland for its nuclear reactor compartments. Trench 94 in the ...

The original model of the USS Enterprise, featured in the opening credits of the first Star Trek television series, has been returned to Rod Roddenberry, son the series’ creator Gene Roddenberry.

USS Enterprise: The Aircraft Carrier that Dominated World War II? It was arguably the best aircraft carrier ever built and significantly impacted World War II. The first USS Enterprise carrier (not ...