Charles Fischer Administrator No. 1 Share Posted May 26 USS Enterprise (CVN-80), the third in a line of prominent Navy aircraft carriers to bear that name. The Gerald Ford-class nuclear-powered Leviathan is scheduled to enter service as early as 2028. But the origins of America's next Big E carrier actually began in 2012 with the decommissioning of CVN-65, the second Enterprise carrier. May history never forget the name....ENTERPRISE! 1 2 2 4 Mr. FishDuck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DC Featherbutt No. 4 Share Posted May 26 Thank you for posting the video. I am saddened that according to that film the Eisenhower will soon be taken out of service also. The Ike is the only actively commissioned AC I have ever been on (on a 3 hour walking tour with my then young sons). Those 3 hours made an impression. The size of that thing is breathtaking. It is hard to believe that mere humans can build something so large and so amazing. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PittDuck No. 5 Share Posted May 26 Great posts for Memorial Day Weekend! Thank you Mr. Fishduck! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
idontrollonshobbas No. 6 Share Posted May 26 (edited) I hope we can start gearing up our shipbuilding capacity once again......what a wonderful addition to the fleet! Edited May 26 by idontrollonshobbas typo 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Washington Waddler Moderator No. 7 Share Posted May 26 Thanks Charles for your Memorial Day tribute to the USS Enterprise legacy. As a Navy vet, much appreciated. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Joseph No. 8 Share Posted May 26 (edited) Beam Me Up, Scotty. Captain Kirk and crew say, 'Thank you, Charles.' Edited May 26 by Jon Joseph 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Joseph No. 9 Share Posted May 26 On 5/26/2024 at 2:00 PM, Washington Waddler said: Thanks Charles for your Memorial Day tribute to the USS Enterprise legacy. As a Navy vet, much appreciated. Thank you for your service. My Dad was a gunnery officer on a Tin Can in the Pacific Theater, He fought at Guadalcanal, the Battle of the Coral Sea, Midway, and Okinawa. He passed on July 4th at the age of 98. He played 9 holes of golf 3 days a week up to 2 weeks before passing. A generation, male and female, of patriotic, tough people. 3 1 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woundedknees No. 10 Share Posted May 27 (edited) My father-in-law was a seaman on the maiden voyage of the USS Hancock (CV-19), near the end of WW2... The flattops, even then, were large enough to allow the men to play softball on the deck. The Enterprise 2 (CVN-65) and Eisenhower (CVN-69) were considerably larger. My FIL was one of the strongest men many of the crew had seen, and found himself barred from playing after he lost more than one ball overboard when he batted. Part of the onboard training regimen involved jumping from the flight deck, into the waters below, to prepare the crew for emergencies. https://www.navsource.org/archives/02/021988.jpg Edited May 27 by woundedknees 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Duck No. 11 Share Posted May 27 On 5/26/2024 at 11:07 AM, Jon Joseph said: Thank you for your service. My Dad was a gunnery officer on a Tin Can in the Pacific Theater, He fought at Guadalcanal, the Battle of the Coral Sea, Midway, and Okinawa. He passed on July 4th at the age of 98. He played 9 holes of golf 3 days a week up to 2 weeks before passing. A generation, male and female, of patriotic, tough people. To have participated in, and survived, one of those great battles as a gunnery officer onboard a destroyer, let alone all four of those brutal and legendary battles, is utterly incredible. And after 98 years, to top it all off in joining three of our nation's great president's -- Adams, Jefferson, & Monroe, in passing on July 4th, is one exceptional story. To your father, and his many fellow warriors from the Greatest Generation, we all owe a debt of gratitude to which we can never repay. 1 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
