You might think that advancing tech will always be most important to the military, but one aircraft carrier has been in ...

Summary and Key Points: The USS Enterprise (CVN-65), the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, revolutionized naval operations with its unparalleled range and endurance. Commissioned in ...

The world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier was retired from active service on Saturday, temporarily reducing the number of carriers in the U.S. fleet to 10 until 2015.

The USS Enterprise (CV-6) was a Yorktown-class aircraft carrier. She was much smaller than its successors, weighing in at only 32,000 tons under a full load. She was 908 feet long and housed over ...

Feb. 4 (UPI) --The Navy decommissioned the USS Enterprise aircraft carrier in a ceremony in Virginia on Friday, officially bringing the storied 55-year career of a ship affectionately known as ...

Navy Secretary Ray Mabus said in a video message that a future aircraft carrier would be named USS Enterprise, after the delivery of the USS Gerald R. Ford and the USS John F. Kennedy.

Northstar Maritime Dismantlement Services won a contract from the Department of Defense to dismantle and recycle a historic nuclear-powered carrier.

NORFOLK, Va. — The world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier has been retired from active service in the U.S. Navy. The USS Enterprise ended its notable 51-year career on Saturday during a ...

A Japanese bomb explodes off the port side of the US Navy aircraft carrier USS Enterprise during the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, October 26, 1942. US Navy 2018-09-24T22:02:52Z ...

USS Enterprise was part of the Yorktown class, the second carrier of the class laid down in 1934. This was the dawn of large and heavy carriers that were determined to be a difference-maker if war ...