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#1 'the Big E' makes final voyage
03-11-2012, 12:55 AM
At the launch of ENTERPRISE on September 24, 1960, the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier was the mightiest warship to ever sail the seas. Enterprise is the longest carrier in the Navy at 1,123 feet. It is also the tallest (250 feet) and fastest (30+ nautical miles per hour) carrier in the fleet. She was built with a distinctive square island supporting phased-array radars and a complex EW system. Aviation facilities include four deck edge lifts, two forward and one each side abaft the island. There are four 295 foot C-13 Mod 1 catapults. Hangars cover 216,000 sq. ft with 25-ft deck head. The Enterprise carries 8,500 tons of aviation fuel (12 days flight operations).
after a world tour she joined us in Nam. in 1969 a zuni rocket exploded off the coast of hawaii killing 28 men. not unlike the Forrestal disaster. we await her fate
NORFOLK, Va. – When the makers of "Top Gun" were filming on board the USS Enterprise, they donated a set of black fuzzy dice to liven up the ship's otherwise drab interior.
A quarter-century later, the dice will still be dangling inside the tower of "the Big E" as the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier sets sail on its final voyage Sunday.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/03/10...#ixzz1omEX1vXQIncrease the peace
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03-11-2012, 02:55 AM
I think Captain Picard said it best at the end of Star Trek Generations....
"Somehow I doubt that this will be the last ship to carry the name Enterprise."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFzsSftm_EMLast edited by Zathras; 03-11-2012 at 02:57 AM.
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