A "tragic" 1969 fire aboard the USS Enterprise (CVN-65) was "caused by a huffer" (an aircraft starter unit) whose 590-degree exhaust was improperly aimed at a Zuni rocket. The warhead "cooked off" in ...
There was no tradition of saving retired warships throughout the 18th or early 19th centuries. That changed due to a movement not in the United States, but in the United Kingdom. By the early 1830s, ...
Learn all about the aircraft carrier, the USS Enterprise, including the model of it in the collection of the National Air and Space Museum. To watch the full episode ...
Aircraft carriers have always been relatively large ships, but today's carriers are orders of magnitude more massive than the ones that helped the Allies win World War II. In fact, the USS Gerald R.
An F/A-18 Super Hornet from Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 211, “The Fighting Checkmates” of Virginia Beach, Va., heads for a ...
CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Chesley A. Toll was a chief machinist's mate on the USS Enterprise, and was awarded the Navy Citation award for his work aboard the ship. The USS ...
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The USS Enterprise Is Boldly Going to the Scrapyard
Two recent aircraft carriers—each named USS Enterprise—would have made memorable museum ships. For various reasons, neither could be saved. Apart from the name USS Ranger, which has been used 10 times ...
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