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It always amazes me that a single aircraft carrier carries more war planes than many nations can field.

“Fate. It protects fools, little children, and ships named Enterprise.” Captain William Riker.  "Let's make sure history never forgets the name Enterprise." Captain Jean Luc Picard.

I love that these carriers can park off the coast of some foreign city and actually provide aid and medical facilities as well.

What a loss not saving the first Enterprise as a museum piece.  
I would have loved to have toured it.

It is an absolute crime that Enterprise CV-6 wasn't kept and turned into a museum ship.

I love that one of the next Gerald R Ford carriers coming down the line is being given the name Enterprise. I love that the legacy of the name will continue!

CVN 65 had portals from CV 6, carrying on the tradition. USS Enterprise CVN-80 has 6 portals from CV-6 and 35,00 LB from CVN-65., May the Grey Ghost live forever!

You didn't even mention that at one point, the damaged CV-6 Enterprise was the ONLY US carrier that was comat capable in the Pacific.  Instead of backing down, the whole crew just went "Enterprise vs Japan.  Now it's a fair fight".  She also earned the nickname "The Grey Ghost" because Japan kept reporting her sunk then she would just appear out of the mist again and again to torment them.

Being a First Generation trekker, I was happy as a pig in slop that the Enterprise came to port in Seattle. Per "The Making of Star Trek", the carrier and the starship are nearly the same length, so I was excited to get a visual cue on how big the starship was supposed to be. As my 4 year old son and I waited in line to get onto the ship, I was again tickled to death to see the banners on the gangways say "FLEET STARSHIP"! Ah, RIP Big E, CVN-65.

Carrier battle group.
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Life is funny. I toured the Abraham Lincoln as a child. As an adult, 20 years later, I got stationed on the Abraham Lincoln. 🤷‍♂️

The fact the Enterprise (WWII model) was not made a museum ship still rustles my jimmies.

It's crazy to think that when a nuclear powered vessel finally gets around to refueling, it's pretty much obsolete with a replacement ready to go or nearing completion.

I love that the Navy has kept the name Enterprise going through two, and soon to be three aircraft, carriers (and a space shuttle).

I understand these ships are absolute units.

In Newark NJ there was a naval-air themed bar stuffed with WW2 memorabilia.  The most notable thing, however, was the bartop itself, made from a chunk of the 1st Enterprise's flight deck.

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Ah yes, the "Big E", the most infamous and decorated carrier the US has ever fielded

15:20 and the USS Arizona. It’s the only active listed battleship even tho it’s sunk. It pays homage to the sailors that lost their life on December 7th