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USS Enterprise: The Nuclear Aircraft Carrier That Almost Sank 2 Times

What You Need to Know: The USS Enterprise (CV-65) faced two near-catastrophic incidents in the 1980s. In 1983, it ran aground ...
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A Navy Nuclear Aircraft Carrier Was Nearly Destroyed by A Massive Inferno

What You Need to Know: In 1969, a devastating fire erupted on the USS Enterprise, the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, as it prepared for a Vietnam deployment. The blaze began when the exhaust ...
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How Many USS Enterprise Aircraft Carriers Have There Been, And Are Any In Service?

Thanks to "Star Trek," the most well-known ship in the U.S. Navy is probably the USS Enterprise. There's a reason for that, and while the "Star Trek" franchise has been incredibly successful at ...