USS Enterprise (CV-6)
USS ''Enterprise'' (CV-6) was a carrier built for the United States Navy during the 1930s. She was the seventh U.S. Navy vessel of that name. Colloquially called "The Big E", she was the sixth aircraft carrier of the United States Navy. Launched in 1936, she was the only ''Yorktown''-class and one of only three American fleet carriers commissioned before World War II to survive the war (the others being and ). ''Enterprise'' participated in more major actions of the war against Japan than any other United States ship. These actions included the attack on Pearl Harbor — 18 Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bombers of her air group arrived over the harbor during the attack; seven were shot down with eight airmen killed and two wounded, making her the only American aircraft carrier with men at Pearl Harbor during the attack and the first to sustain casualties during the Pacific War — the Battle of Midway, the Battle of the Eastern Solomons, the Battle of the Santa Cruz Is ...
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USS Enterprise (CV-6) In Puget Sound, September 1945
USS ''Enterprise'' may refer to the following ships and other vessels: United States Navy Ships * List of ships of the United States Navy named ''Enterprise'' ** , a Continental Navy sloop captured from the British, burned to prevent recapture in 1777 ** , a schooner that fired the first shots in the First Barbary War ** , a schooner, stationed primarily in South America to patrol and protect commerce ** , a steam-powered sloop-of-war used for surveying, patrolling, and training until 1909 ** , a motorboat (1917–1919) used in World War I as a non-commissioned section patrol craft ** , an aircraft carrier (1938–1947), the most decorated U.S. ship of World War II ** , the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier (1961–2017) ** , a ''Gerald R. Ford''-class aircraft carrier, under construction and scheduled to enter service by 2028 Training facility * , a building and ship simulator at the U.S. Navy training command in Great Lakes, Illinois Other American ships * , a Cont ...
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