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CaptainCrunch · 11-04-2012, 06:24 PM

One of the great ships and historic due to its name.

It was the first of an amazing breed of aircraft carriers in this case that allowed America to project power around the world.

I think the Enterprise is the oldest active commissioned ship in the U.S. Navy, I think the oldest is the wooden hulled Constitution.

I know its the eighth ship to bear the name, and there isn't another Enterprise in the future.

Its also sad that they can't turn the ship into a museum because they have to defuel and remove the reactors which will take out a massive amount of the boat and preserving the rest will be expensive.

A history of ships named Enterprise including the boat that changed WW2 the Yorkton class fleet aircraft carrier that was the first to usher in night operations at sea and the space shuttle

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Enterprise

11-04-2012, 06:24 PM	#3
CaptainCrunch Norm! Join Date: Jun 2002 Exp:	One of the great ships and historic due to its name. It was the first of an amazing breed of aircraft carriers in this case that allowed America to project power around the world. I think the Enterprise is the oldest active commissioned ship in the U.S. Navy, I think the oldest is the wooden hulled Constitution. I know its the eighth ship to bear the name, and there isn't another Enterprise in the future. Its also sad that they can't turn the ship into a museum because they have to defuel and remove the reactors which will take out a massive amount of the boat and preserving the rest will be expensive. A history of ships named Enterprise including the boat that changed WW2 the Yorkton class fleet aircraft carrier that was the first to usher in night operations at sea and the space shuttle http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Enterprise __________________ My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings; Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!