A third BPDMS launcher was fitted during the ship's refit in 1970–1971. Late in 1967, Enterprise was fitted with a prototype Basic Point Defense Missile System (BPDMS) installation, with two eight-round box launchers for Sea Sparrow missiles. Initially, the carrier had little defensive armament. Because of the huge cost of her construction, Enterprise was launched and commissioned without the planned RIM-2 Terrier missile launchers. Įnterprise in 1967, showing the ship's SCANFAR antennasĭesigned under project SCB 160, Enterprise was intended as the first of a class of six carriers, but massive increases in construction costs led to the remaining vessels being cancelled. Ford-class aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN-80). The name has been adopted by the future Gerald R. She was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register the same day. She was inactivated on 1 December 2012, and officially decommissioned on 3 February 2017, after over 55 years of service. The only ship of her class, Enterprise was, at the time of inactivation, the third-oldest commissioned vessel in the United States Navy after the wooden- hulled USS Constitution and USS Pueblo. Enterprise had a crew of some 4,600 service members. Her 93,284- long-ton (94,781 t) displacement ranks her as the 12th-heaviest carrier, after the ten carriers of the Nimitz class and USS Gerald R. At 1,123 feet (342 m), she is the longest naval vessel ever built. Like her predecessor of World War II fame, she is nicknamed "Big E". She was the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and the eighth United States naval vessel to bear the name. USS Enterprise (CVN-65), formerly CVA(N)-65, is a decommissioned United States Navy aircraft carrier. MK-23 Target Acquisition System Fire Control RadarĨ in (20 cm) aluminum belt (equivalent to 4 in (10 cm) rolled homogeneous steel armor), armored flight deck, hangar, magazines and reactor Įquipped with 4 steam-powered catapults.Air wing: 1,800 (250 pilots, and 1,550 support personnel).$451.3 million ($4.16 billion in 2020 dollars )Īwaiting recycling at HII Shipyard, Newport News, Virginiaĩ3,284 long tons (94,781 metric tons) Full Load
Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company USS Enterprise underway in the Atlantic Ocean
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