USS Enterprise (CVN-65) was the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in the world and the only ship of her class, built by Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company. Her keel was laid in February 1958, she was launched on 24 September 1960 and she was commissioned on 25 November 1961. She was meant to lead a class of six, but the cost of nuclear plants led to the other five being cancelled. Eight reactors, two for each of her four shafts, drove her, which removed the need for oil storage and funnels, and at 1,123 feet she was the longest naval vessel ever built. She took part in the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis quarantine and in 1964 sailed round the world with the cruisers Long Beach and Bainbridge in Operation Sea Orbit, the first nuclear-powered task force. She was inactivated in December 2012, decommissioned in February 2017 after more than 55 years of service, and struck from the Naval Vessel Register.
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The ship's keel was laid at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company in Shipway 11 on 4 February 1958.
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making the carrier the oldest active duty ship in the U.S. Naval fleet
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At the launch of ENTERPRISE on September 24, 1960, the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier was the mightiest warship to ever sail the seas.
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As the only super carrier powered by eight nuclear reactors
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ENTERPRISE was officially inactivated December 1, 2012
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making the carrier the oldest active duty ship in the U.S. Naval fleet
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At the launch of ENTERPRISE on September 24, 1960, the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier was the mightiest warship to ever sail the seas.
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At the launch of ENTERPRISE on September 24, 1960, the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier was the mightiest warship to ever sail the seas.
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the only ship of her class, which was originally planned to have five other ships
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On 24 September 1960, the ship was launched, sponsored by the wife of William B. Franke
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She was inactivated at Naval Station Norfolk on 1 December 2012, and decommissioned on 3 February 2017
Of Make: Newport News Shipbuilding, Construction
The ship's keel was laid at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company in Shipway 11 on 4 February 1958.
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