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| History | |
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| Name | USS Enterprise |
| Ordered | 1933 |
| Builder | Newport News Shipbuilding |
| Laid down | 16 July 1934 |
| Launched | 3 October 1936 |
| Commissioned | 12 May 1938 |
| Decommissioned | 17 February 1947 |
| Identification | Hull number: CV-6 |
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| Fate | Scrapped 1958–1960 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Class and type | Yorktown-class aircraft carrier |
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| Draft | 25 ft 11.5 in (7.9 m) |
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| Propulsion | 4 × shafts; 4 × Parsons geared steam turbines |
| Speed | 32.5 knots (60.2 km/h; 37.4 mph) |
| Range | 12,500 nmi (23,200 km; 14,400 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Complement | 2,217 officers and men (1941) |
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| Aircraft carried | 96 aircraft maximum, 80-90 average on board |
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USS Enterprise (CV-6) was a Yorktown-class carrier built for the United States Navy during the 1930s. She was the seventh U.S. Navy vessel of that name. Colloquially called "The Big E", she was the sixth aircraft carrier of the United States Navy. Launched in 1936, she was the only Yorktown-class and one of only three American fleet carriers commissioned before World War II to survive the war (the others being Saratoga and Ranger).
Enterprise participated in more major actions of the war against Japan than any other United States ship. These actions included the attack on Pearl Harbor — 18 Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bombers of her air group arrived over the harbor during the attack; seven were shot down with eight airmen killed and two wounded, making her the only American aircraft carrier with men at Pearl Harbor during the attack and the first to sustain casualties during the Pacific War[3] — the Battle of Midway, the Battle of the Eastern Solomons, the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, various other air-sea engagements during the Guadalcanal Campaign, the Battle of the Philippine Sea, and the Battle of Leyte Gulf. Enterprise earned 20 battle stars, the most for any U.S. warship in World War II, and was the most decorated U.S. ship of World War II. She was also the first American ship to sink a full-sized enemy warship after the Pacific War had been declared when her aircraft sank the Japanese submarine I-70 on 10 December 1941.[4] On three occasions during the war, the Japanese announced that she had been sunk in battle, inspiring her nickname "The Grey Ghost". By the end of the war, her planes and guns had downed 911 enemy planes, sunk 71 ships, and damaged or destroyed 192 more.[5]
Despite efforts made by the public after the war to turn Enterprise into a museum ship, Enterprise was scrapped from 1958 to 1960.
- ^ Shepherd 2003, Specifications and Armament.
- ^ Macintyre, Donald, CAPT RN (September 1967). Shipborne Radar (Report). United States Naval Institute Proceedings.
{{cite report}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Enterprise Air Group, Report for Pearl Harbor Attack". Naval Historical Center. Archived from the original on 25 September 2008. Retrieved 5 September 2008.
- ^ "USS Enterprise (CV-6)". National Museum of the U.S. Navy, Photography Exhibits. Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
- ^ "Enterprise (CV-6) – The 'Big E'". Naval History and Heritage Command. Archived from the original on 14 December 2021. Retrieved 15 November 2020.