Key Points and Summary - USS Enterprise (CVN-65) was the world’s first nuclear-powered carrier and a U.S. Navy icon. Commissioned in 1961, the “Big E” tracked John Glenn’s Friendship 7, enforced the ...

U.S. Navy’s Iconic Enterprise Nuclear Carrier Set for Dismantling in Alabama, Freeing Shipyard Space and Cutting Costs by $1 Billion The U.S. Navy has officially signed off on a historic contract that ...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Years after it was decommissioned, the U.S. Navy has announced the final fate of the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. The former USS Enterprise (CVN 65) will be ...

What is the U.S. Navy’s best aircraft carrier ever? The question is hard to answer. Like comparing Jordan against Lebron, do we account for differences in era? Do we evaluate relative to ...

Thanks to "Star Trek," the most well-known ship in the U.S. Navy is probably the USS Enterprise. There's a reason for that, and while the "Star Trek" franchise has been incredibly successful at ...

The U.S. Navy vessel known as CVN 65 has already ceased to be the USS Enterprise. On Mobile’s waterfront it will cease to be a ship, or even a hull. That’s the outlook since late Friday, when the U.S.

Support VTDigger’s local nonprofit news and you could win a $250 gift card to Johnson Woolen Mills. A small boat passes in front of the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise as it is anchored of the coast ...

NorthStar Maritime Dismantlement Services, a partnership between NorthStar Group Services and Modern American Recycling and Radiological Services, has secured a firm-fixed-price contract valued at ...

The name "Enterprise" evokes a deep sense of naval pride and accomplishment in the U.S. defense history, and such is the legacy that nine Navy ships have worn that badge since 1775. The latest in the ...