Happy 50th Birthday. You've lead an amazing life and service.

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Originally Posted by kwaigonegin

She celebrated her 50th yesterday. Amazing life. She done well.

Happy Birthday Big E

Yes she has:

USS ENTERPRISE

Here's a petition drive to: Name the next USS FORD CLASS Carrier (after CVN-79 USS John F Kennedy) as CVN-80 USS Enterprise

Originally Posted by Jeff Head

Yes she has:

USS ENTERPRISE

Here's a petition drive to: Name the next USS FORD CLASS Carrier (after CVN-79 USS John F Kennedy) as CVN-80 USS Enterprise

After USS Enterprise, there has been no carrier not named after a former / dead president, would they break this tradition anytime soon?

Honestly I like the name "Enterprise" better, not because I'm a bit of a Trekkie (I'm more Star War IMO) though...

I'd like to see the next CVN named Enterprise. But I honestly think that LHA-7 will be named Enterprise.

"The Big E" will make her final deployment in the Spring of 2012. Amazin!!!! No active naval vessel in the World can match this record.None.

"The Big E" is a Living Legend"

CVN-65 Deployments - Major Events

Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
NOV 1961 - NOV 1961 Commisioning
AUG 1962 - OCT 1962 Mediterranean
OCT 1962 - OCT 1962 Cuban Missle Blockade
FEB 1963 - SEP 1963 Mediterranean
FEB 1964 - JUL 1964 Mediterranean
JUL 1964 - OCT 1964 The Around The World Cruise Of Nuclear Task Force One
AUG 1964 - Shellback Initiation - 6 AUG 1964 - Atlantic Ocean
AUG 1964 - AUG 1964 Neptunus Rex
AUG 1964 - AUG 1964 NEPTUNUS REX (CROSSING THE EQUATOR) LAT 00- LONG 00
NOV 1964 - AUG 1965 Dry Dock - Nuclear Refueling
NOV 1965 - JUN 1966 West Pac-Viet Nam
NOV 1965 - - - Shellback Initiation - 7 NOV 1965 - Atlantic Ocean
NOV 1965 - - - Shellback Initiation - 20 NOV 1965 - Indian Ocean
DEC 1965 - JUN 1966 First nuclear powered warship to serve in combat Dec 2 1965
NOV 1966 - JUL 1967 West Pac-Viet Nam
JAN 1968 - JUN 1968 West Pac-Viet Nam
MAR 1969 - JUL 1969 West Pac-Viet Nam
JUL 1969 Shellback Initiation - 18 JUL 1969 - Pacific Ocean
FEB 1971 Shellback Initiation - 12 FEB 1971 - Atlantic Ocean
FEB 1971 - - - Cape Horn - 25 FEB 1971
MAR 1971 - Shellback Initiation - 23 MAR 1971 - Atlantic Ocean
JUN 1971 - - - Shellback Initiation - 19 JUN 1971 - Atlantic Ocean
JUN 1971 - Shellback Initiation - 19 JUN 1971 - Atlantic Ocean
JUN 1971 - FEB 1972 West Pac
SEP 1971 - Shellback Initiation - 25 SEP 1971 - Indian Ocean
JUL 1972 - NOV 1974 West Pac-Viet Nam
SEP 1974 - SEP 1975 West Pac-Viet Nam
APR 1975 - APR 1975 Vietnam - Operation Frequent Wind
JUL 1976 - MAR 1977 West Pac
JUL 1977 - - - Shellback Initiation - 7 JUL 1977 - Indian Ocean
APR 1978 - OCT 1978 West Pac
APR 1978 - OCT 1978 West Pac-Indian Ocean
JUL 1978 - Shellback Initiation - 29 JUL 1978 - Indian Ocean
SEP 1982 - APR 1983 West Pac-Indian Ocean
NOV 1982 - - - Shellback Initiation - 20 NOV 1982 - Pacific Ocean
MAR 1983 - NOV 1983 Mediterranean-Lebanon
NOV 1983 - NOV 1985 North Atlantic-Med-Indian Ocean
NOV 1983 - Shellback Initiation - 11 NOV 1983 - Pacific Ocean
NOV 1984 - - - Shellback Initiation - 9 NOV 1984 - Pacific Ocean
DEC 1984 - DEC 1984 Dependents Cruise
JAN 1986 - AUG 1986 West Pac-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf
APR 1986 - APR 1986 Suez Canal transit - 28 APR 1986
NOV 1987 - DEC 1987 NorPac
APR 1988 - Shellback Initiation - 12 APR 1988 - Indian Ocean
APR 1988 - DEC 1988 Mediterranean-Indian Ocean
SEP 1989 - MAR 1990 West Pac-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf
SEP 1989 - MAR 1990 World Cruise
JAN 1990 - - - Shellback Initiation - 10 JAN 1990 - Indian Ocean
NOV 1998 - APR 1999 Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf
NOV 1998 - MAR 1999 Desert Fox
FEB 1999 - MAR 1999 Kosovo
APR 2001 - NOV 2001 Mediterranean
AUG 2003 - FEB 2004 Mediterranean
MAY 2006 - NOV 2006 West Pac
SEP 2006 Shellback Initiation - 21 SEP 2006 - Indian Ocean
JUL 2007 - DEC 2007 OPERATION ENDOURING FREEDOM
DEC 2007 - DEC 2007 Suez Canal Transit - 1 DEC 2007
APR 2008 - MAY 2010 Dry Dock
JAN 2011 - JUL 2011 Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf
JUN 2011 - Shellback Initiation - 22 JUN 2011 - Indian Ocean

As of 7-14-11 The USS Enterprise CVAN/CVN-65 has received
the:
Combat Action Ribbon 5 awards
Joint Service Meritorious Service Award
Navy Unit Commendation 4 awards
Meritorious Unit Citation 4 awards
Navy 'E' Awards 3 awards (since there has been a ribbon)
Navy Expeditionary 2 awards
National Defense 3 awards
Armed Forces Expeditionary 16 awards
Vietnam Service 5 awards
Southeast Asia Service
Global Terrorism Expeditionary
Global Terrorism Service
Armed Forces Service 3 awards
Humanitarian Service 2 awards
Sea Service 6 awards
RVN Presidential Unit Citation
RVN Gallantry Cross Unit awards
NATO award

Originally Posted by CottageLV

AKA decommission soon

anyone know what's going to happen to her when she decomm? a floating musuem or something?

No firm plans now. I do know she will have to go to the Puget Sound nval Shipyard in Bremerton WA to have her reactors deactivated and removed. A very expensive process.

Originally Posted by MwRYum

After USS Enterprise, there has been no carrier not named after a former / dead president, would they break this tradition anytime soon?

Honestly I like the name "Enterprise" better, not because I'm a bit of a Trekkie (I'm more Star War IMO) though...

Actually, amongst the Nimitz class you have:

The USS Carl Vinson CVN-70
The USS John Stennis CVN-74

Neither were presidents.

There's a lot of support for the USS Enterprise. The 1st Ford class will be CVN-78, the USS Gerald. R. Ford. The seocnd will be CVN-79, the USS John F. Kennedy.

We are hoping that CVN-80 will be the USS Enterprise...but no decision has been made yet.

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NORFOLK (Nov. 28, 2011) Plank owners of the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65) gather on the flight deck for a photograph during the ship's 50th birthday celebration. The term "plank owner" is used to identify members of a ship's commissioning crew. Enterprise is the oldest active ship in the U.S. Navy and is making preparations for her final deployment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Nathan Carpenter/Released)




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NORFOLK (Nov. 23, 2011) A graphic depicting some of the characteristics of the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65). U.S. Navy photo illustration/Released)



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ATLANTIC OCEAN (Feb. 17, 2011) Sailors spell out "E=MC2" on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65) to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the ship's commissioning. Enterprise is the first and oldest nuclear powered aircraft carrier still in service and is celebrating its 50th birthday on Nov. 25, 2011. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd class Alex R. Forster/Released)


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NORFOLK (Nov. 28, 2011) Veterans of the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65) and visitors listen to Capt. William C. Hamilton, Jr., the ship's commanding officer, during a memorial service in the ship's hangar. The remembrance, part of the ship's 50th birthday celebrations, honored the sacrifice of former Enterprise Sailors. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman David H. Zeigler/Released)



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NORFOLK (Nov. 28, 2011) Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise stand ready to render a rifle volley during a memorial service honoring those who made the ultimate sacrifice during her 50 years of Naval Service Nov. 28. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Gregory Pickett II/Released)

Would she be stripped and sold to another (friendly) navy?

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Originally Posted by J20 RTS

Would she be stripped and sold to another (friendly) navy?

Nope..What navy could operate this mighty ship?

As of this moment the USN has six super carriers decommissioned awaiting disposal.

Forrestal, Saratoga, Ranger, Independence, Kitty Hawk, Constellation, & Kennedy

There are no plans to sell any of them off. The USN has not sold any carriers. The US did loan the CVL USS Cabot CVL-28 to Spain in 1967. She was returned to the USN in 1989 and scrapped in 2002.

Sad but true It would be a mighty tribute though if Big E were placed in a shrine of honor and used as a museum. Had her Tomcats, Phantoms, S3's and other retires form her glory days returned, what a monument she would be.

The oceans of the world will miss her majestic presence, hope her name lives on though.

Ok most by now should know I ain't no American, but I gotta say only another supercarrier would befit a name like the "Big E", if the name got rotated to a LHA or LHD that makes it a "Little E" and what an insult that'd be.

Originally Posted by Jeff Head

... There's a lot of support for the USS Enterprise. The 1st Ford class will be CVN-78, the USS Gerald. R. Ford. The seocnd will be CVN-79, the USS John F. Kennedy. ...

And that's the issue, really. They now even start naming ships after ships that were named after a president. I realize the late JFK has played a role in Operation Desert Storm and elswhere, but to such an extant that she need be commemorated with another CVN having that name?
The USS Enterprise is the last in service carrier not to be named after a person, if I'm correct. With the remaining ships mainly being named after presidents.

And it probably will be really difficult to break with that habbit again.