As of August 2024, three aircraft carriers have been named "Enterprise," though none currently sail. The first carrier to be named USS Enterprise entered into active service for the Navy in 1938.

USS John F. Kennedy and USS Enterprise carrier deliveries delayed due to Advanced Arresting Gear issues and supply chain ...

The future USS John F. Kennedy was scheduled to join the fleet this month but now isn’t on track for delivery until March ...

It is "unsurprising" that the second ship in a new class of aircraft carriers is delayed, a retired U.S. Navy vice admiral ...

Delivery of the Navy's next Ford-class aircraft carrier, the John F. Kennedy, was delayed two more years to 2027, budget ...

This story has been updated to include a statement from HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding. The next Ford-class aircraft carrier ...

Two aircraft carriers slated to shore up the U.S. Navy now face more construction delays, according to the Navy’s 2026 budget ...

What You Need to Know: The USS Enterprise (CVN-65) was the world’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and the eighth U.S. Navy vessel to bear the name. Commissioned in 1961, it ...

The USS Enterprise (Designated CVAN 65, later CVN 25), was commissioned in 1961 as the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in the world. Here it's shown in November 1964, operating in the ...

A small boat passes in front of the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise as it is anchored of the coast of Faliro, near Athens, Greece, on March 29, 2012. File photo by Petros Giannakouris/AP.