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Nuclear aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN-65) has a message for the US Navy

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 Cuban Missile Crisis ...
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A Navy Nuclear Aircraft Carrier Was Nearly Destroyed by A Massive Inferno

What You Need to Know: In 1969, a devastating fire erupted on the USS Enterprise, the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, as it prepared for a Vietnam deployment. The blaze began when the exhaust ...
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‘Flight Deck Explosion’ Nearly Destroyed a Navy Nuclear Aircraft Carrier

What You Need to Know: In 1969, the USS Enterprise, the world’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, suffered a catastrophic accident off the coast of Pearl Harbor while preparing for its fourth ...