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It Took 9 Tugboats To Save Her: How the Navy Almost Lost Aircraft Carrier USS Enterprise Twice
As the legendary USS Enterprise (CVN-65) is dismantled, its legacy—including two near-catastrophic grounding incidents—serves as a cautionary tale. -While the “Big E” was nearly lost to internal and ...
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U.S. Navy Aircraft Carriers Have One Enemy They Fear Most (Not Russia or China)
A “tragic” 1969 fire aboard the USS Enterprise (CVN-65) was “caused by a huffer” (an aircraft starter unit) whose 590-degree ...
What You Need to Know: On January 14, 1969, the USS Enterprise (CVN-65) suffered a catastrophic fire while conducting an operational readiness inspection near Pearl Harbor. -A Zuni rocket mounted on ...
The U.S. Navy will drop from 11 to 10 aircraft carriers for about a year once the USS Nimitz is decommissioned next year, as recent budget documents show a new carrier will be delayed from its ...
This story has been updated to include a statement from HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding. The next Ford-class aircraft carrier is facing a two-year delay that will leave the Navy with ten carriers for ...
What You Need to Know: The USS Enterprise (CVN-65) was the world’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and the eighth U.S. Navy vessel to bear the name. Commissioned in 1961, it revolutionized ...
The large aircraft carriers of the United States Navy are exceptional ships because of their enormous size and capabilities. The images of the largest aircraft carrier in the world sailing off the ...
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