USS Enterprise
Typ lode:
Aircraft carrier
Počet lodí:
1
Výška lode:
76,20 m
Šírka lode:
75,60 m
Dĺžka lode:
335,64 m
Hmotnosť lode:
93.000,00 ton
Počet členov posádky:
6,190, - 3,350 Navy crew, 2,480 Air Wing
Aircraft carrier
Počet lodí:
1
Výška lode:
76,20 m
Šírka lode:
75,60 m
Dĺžka lode:
335,64 m
Hmotnosť lode:
93.000,00 ton
Počet členov posádky:
6,190, - 3,350 Navy crew, 2,480 Air Wing
Obranný systém:
hull
Zbraňové systémy, phasery:
No beam weapons2 x RIM-7 Sea Sparrow missile launcher 3 x Phalanx CIWS 20 mm gun mount
Životnosť:
52
hull
Zbraňové systémy, phasery:
No beam weapons2 x RIM-7 Sea Sparrow missile launcher 3 x Phalanx CIWS 20 mm gun mount
Životnosť:
52
When the USS Enterprise was launched on September 24 1960, she was the largest naval vessel on the face of the Earth and only the second surface vessel designed to use a fission powerplant. Commissioned on November 25 1961, she quickly set several records for speed and endurance - in 1963/4 she served with the Sixth fleet in the Mediterranean sea, where she joined with the USS Bainbridge and USS Long Beach to form the first nuclear powered task force. These three ships were sent on "Operation Sea Orbit", a 30,565 mile voyage around the world which they accomplished without a single refueling or replenishment of any kind. Enterprise became the first nuclear powered vessel to enter combat when her aircraft struck targets in Vietnam, and she assisted in the evacuation of Saigon at the end of that conflict.
In October 1964 Enterprise was returned to dry dock for an overhaul and refit of her reactors. She was refitted again in 1973 to support the then brand new F-14A Tomcat fighter aircraft. Between 1979 and 1982 she was at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard for another refit which involved considerable reconstruction to her island superstructure. She underwent several further refits and modifications, the most extensive of which was undertaken in October 1990 at the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company; this was considered the most complex ever undertaken at the time, and allowed the ship to continue in service for an additional twenty five years. Enterprise completed the overhaul successfully on the 27th of September 1994.
In January 1995, the "Big E" returned to Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company for a further five month Selected Restricted Availability. This allowed upgrades to all of the berthing and dining areas, intelligence suites, combat and communications systems, command and control capabilities, ventilation systems, and underway replenishment equipment. She would undergo several more such refits during her life.
CVN-65 was replaced CVN-78 in 2013, retiring after 52 years of service.
In October 1964 Enterprise was returned to dry dock for an overhaul and refit of her reactors. She was refitted again in 1973 to support the then brand new F-14A Tomcat fighter aircraft. Between 1979 and 1982 she was at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard for another refit which involved considerable reconstruction to her island superstructure. She underwent several further refits and modifications, the most extensive of which was undertaken in October 1990 at the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company; this was considered the most complex ever undertaken at the time, and allowed the ship to continue in service for an additional twenty five years. Enterprise completed the overhaul successfully on the 27th of September 1994.
In January 1995, the "Big E" returned to Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company for a further five month Selected Restricted Availability. This allowed upgrades to all of the berthing and dining areas, intelligence suites, combat and communications systems, command and control capabilities, ventilation systems, and underway replenishment equipment. She would undergo several more such refits during her life.
CVN-65 was replaced CVN-78 in 2013, retiring after 52 years of service.