The USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) aircraft carrier deployed from Naval Station Norfolk in the early hours of Tuesday, June 24, ...

On the flight deck of the Enterprise, crewmembers spell out Albert Einstein's equation for nuclear energy. ... The U.S. Navy vessel known as CVN 65 has already ceased to be the USS Enterprise.

Summary and Key Points: The USS Enterprise (CVN-65) was a revolutionary nuclear-powered aircraft carrier that served as a symbol of American strength for over 50 years. Launched in 1960, she was ...

Sailors man the rails on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) in the Puget Sound, March 18, 2025. Nimitz is underway in U.S. 3rd Fleet conducting routine training operations.

The White House announced that the Navy chose to name the fifth and sixth Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers as USS ...

What You Need to Know: On January 14, 1969, the USS Enterprise (CVN-65) suffered a catastrophic fire while conducting an operational readiness inspection near Pearl Harbor. -A Zuni rocket mounted ...

In 1965, U.S. Navy Airman Apprentice Barry Peterman was blown off the deck of the USS Enterprise (CVN-65) aircraft carrier by jet exhaust, and his body was never found. Aircraft fall off and can ...

The USS Enterprise CVN-65 is one of the most iconic aircraft ... in 1969 as a result of an accident that occurred while conducting operations off Hawaii when a rocket exploded on the flight deck.

A major flight deck fire in 1969 helped prove firefighting concepts learned from the Navy’s Forrestal fire. ... The decommissioning of CVN-65 was not the end of USS Enterprise.

This time frame is significant, given the imminent retirement of the USS Nimitz (CVN-68) in 2026, with the USS Eisenhower (CVN-69) following shortly after. “The Navy has really had a tough time ...

It was meant to replace the USS Enterprise (CVN-65) – which was decommissioned in 2012 after five decades of service. It also kicked off the US replacing its Nimitz-class carriers. While construction ...