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Posted (Nina) in on July-10-2008 | 149 Views

It is no other than the USS Enterprise CVN-65!

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USS Enterprise (CVN-65) has a width of 257 feet with 1,123 feet in aircraft carrying length!

Launched on September 24 1960, the CVN-65 was also the world’s first nuclear powered aircraft carrier and the eighth U.S. Naval vessel to bear the name. USS Enterprise is still in active service.

Also called Big E, Mobile Chernobyl, Three-Quarter Mile Island, The Enterprison, The Pig, the USS Enterprise has a maximum speed of 30+ knots.

The USS Enterprise CVN-65’s Motto? Ready on Arrival; The First, the Finest; Eight Reactors, None Faster


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