USS Enterprise CVN 65
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| Audience/Grade: | College Freshman-Continuing Education |
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Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering Nuclear Engineering Ocean Engineering |
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Reference - Article/Document |
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Unknown |
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Organization:U.S. Navy, Naval Historical Center |
| Description: | Article from Dictionary of American Fighting Ships and United States Naval Aviation, 1910-1995, both published by the Naval Historical Center, and USS Enterprise (CVN 65) public affairs office. Excerpt: "The eighth Enterprise (CVA(N)-65), the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, was launched 24 September 1960 by Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Newport News, Va.; sponsored by Mrs. William. B. Franke, wife of the Secretary of the Navy; and commissioned 25 November 1961, Captain V. P. de Poix, in command. After commissioning, Enterprise began a lengthy series of tests and training exercises, designed to determine the full capabilities of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. Immediately her superlative characteristics and performance became obvious. The first air operations were conducted by Enterprise as Cmdr. George Talley made an arrested landing and catapult launch in an F8U Crusader. Although three TF Traders of VR-40 had taken off from her deck on 30 October 1961 to transport VIPs to the mainland after observing sea trials, Cmdr. Talley's flights marked the start of Enterprise fleet operations. One month later, on 20 February 1962, the nuclear-powered carrier played a role in the space age when Enterprise acted as a tracking and measuring station for the epochal flight of Friendship 7, the Project Mercury space capsule in which Lt. Col. John H. Glenn, Jr., USMC, made the United States' first orbital space flight." |
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| Keywords: | USS Enterprise Nuclear ship nuclear carrier |
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| Use of Resource: |
History of technology. |
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Easy |
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Low |
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| Publication Date: | September 2008 |
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WWW |
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Free |
| Download URL: | http://www.navy.mil/local/cvn65/ |
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IEEE LOM Record |
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NEEDS
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