NorthStar Maritime Dismantlement Services has been awarded a $546.7 million contract to dismantle the Ex-USS Enterprise, ...

As America's first nuclear-powered carrier, the USS Enterprise (CVN-65) seemed to set the mold for ... but its power and island-like size helped tip the balance in numerous conflicts.

The day was September 24. The year – 1960. The U.S.S. Enterprise was christened at Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. Some 1,200 people attend the ceremony. Mrs. William B. Franke, wife of ...

What You Need to Know: The USS Enterprise (CVN-65) was the world's first nuclear ... he ordered a blockade of the island nation to physically prevent Soviet ships from delivering the missiles.

When the last vessel to bear the name, the nuclear USS Enterprise (CVN-65), was decommissioned in December 2012, then-Secretary of the Navy, Ray Mabus, made an announcement: The legacy of "Big-E ...

USS Enterprise (CVN-65) was inactivated on Dec. 1 after 5 decades of service. From her commissioning as the world’s first nuclear powered aircraft carrier in November of 1961 to her final ...

Shortly before USS Enterprise went to the breakers, a new ship bearing the name was laid down; CVN-65, the world’s first nuclear aircraft carrier. The latter USS Enterprise served for fifty ...

When the USS Enterprise (CVN 65) sailed away from Norfolk ... Enterprise VI performed harbor tug duties at Newport, Rhode Island in 1917, eventually transferring to the Bureau of Fisheries ...

USS ENTERPRISE, At Sea -- USS Enterprise (CVN 65) Weapons Department completed the historic carrier's final ammunition offload Oct. 24-26. During the offload, 3,348,000 pounds of ordnance and ...

USS Enterprise (CVN 65). The former USS Enterprise made her final voyage in 2013. The work will include engineering, design, planning and procurement of long-lead-time material. “We are eager to ...