USS Enterprise (CVN-65) 50 years old today

[Train]

http://www.wired.com/thisdayintech/2010/09/0924nuclear-aircraft-carrier-enterprise-launched/

One giant floating peice of American awesomeness.

Was surpised to see that despite a $662 mil refurbishing in 2010, it's scheduled to be decommisioned in 2013. Though I predictit somehow it will get extended a few years.

 

[CVSiN]

Yup and she was 1 of a kind within the Nimitz class as well.
But her replacement is due in 2013 and will be the first of the Truman class of Super Carriers. I dont see her staying in service past that date as her replacment ship is nearly done.

I grew up watching her come and go from NAS Alameda in the Bay Area.

been on board her serveral times at Fleet Weeks.

Hopefully she wont be the last to carry that historic name.

 

[RbSX]

Horray for the BIG E.

 

[JulesMaximus]

I've been on the USS Midway which was pretty cool.

Wonder what they'll do with the Enterprise when it is decommisioned.

 

[RbSX]

Yup and she was 1 of a kind within the Nimitz class as well.
But her replacement will be the first of the Truman class of Super Carriers.

I grew up watching her come and go from NAS Alameda in the Bay Area.

been on board her serveral times at Fleet Weeks.

Hopefully she wont be the last to carry that historic name.

It wasn't a nimitz class buddy.

And the next class of Super Carriers is the Gerald R. Ford class.

Man your post is full of fail.

 

[Brovane]

Hmm there is kind of gap there. The Enterprise replacement is CVN-78 Gerald Ford which isn't due for commissioning until 2015. So there is a 2-year gap. I also wonder if the Enterprise life will be extended a couple of years.

 

[krylon]

It wasn't a nimitz class buddy.

And the next class of Super Carriers is the Gerald R. Ford class.

Man your post is full of fail.

Man your attitude is full of fail. Should we bring up your posts in L&R?

 

[disappoint]

http://picard.ytmnd.com/

 

[CVSiN]

It wasn't a nimitz class buddy.

And the next class of Super Carriers is the Gerald R. Ford class.

Man your post is full of fail.

USS Enterprise (CVN-65), formerly CVA(N)-65, is the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and the eighth US naval vessel to bear the name. Like her predecessor of World War II fame, she is nicknamed the "Big E". At 1,123 ft (342 m)[3], she is the longest naval vessel in the world. Her 93,284 long tons (94,781 t)[2] displacement ranks her as the 11th-heaviest supercarrier, after the 10 carriers of the Nimitz class.

you are correct about the Ford class I have no idea why truman popped into my head.
but Enterprise is and always will be the first Nimitz class carrier ever.

 

[Brovane]

USS Enterprise (CVN-65), formerly CVA(N)-65, is the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and the eighth US naval vessel to bear the name. Like her predecessor of World War II fame, she is nicknamed the "Big E". At 1,123 ft (342 m)[3], she is the longest naval vessel in the world. Her 93,284 long tons (94,781 t)[2] displacement ranks her as the 11th-heaviest supercarrier, after the 10 carriers of the Nimitz class.

you are correct about the Ford class I have no idea why truman popped into my head.
but Enterprise is and always will be the first Nimitz class carrier ever.

Enterprise isn't a Nimitz class carrier. Enterprise was essentially a one-ship class.

 

[RbSX]

USS Enterprise (CVN-65), formerly CVA(N)-65, is the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and the eighth US naval vessel to bear the name. Like her predecessor of World War II fame, she is nicknamed the "Big E". At 1,123 ft (342 m)[3], she is the longest naval vessel in the world. Her 93,284 long tons (94,781 t)[2] displacement ranks her as the 11th-heaviest supercarrier, after the 10 carriers of the Nimitz class.

you are correct about the Ford class I have no idea why truman popped into my head.
but Enterprise is and always will be the first Nimitz class carrier ever.

http://www.navy.mil/navydata/fact_display.asp?cid=4200&tid=200&ct=4

Technically, the enterprise is an 'Enterprise Class' carrier because her design is distinctively different from the Nimitz.

Unless you want to argue with the navy's website smartass.

 

[CVSiN]

Hmm there is kind of gap there. The Enterprise replacement is CVN-78 Gerald Ford which isn't due for commissioning until 2015. So there is a 2-year gap. I also wonder if the Enterprise life will be extended a couple of years.

According to the Navy this is thier position on extending her life to wait for the Ford.

The US Navy wants to decommission its oldest aircraft carrier, the USS Enterprise (CVN 65) three years early, in 2012. In May 2009 testimony before the House Armed Services Committee, CNO Admiral Gary Roughead said "During the period between the planned 2012 inactivation of USS ENTERPRISE (CVN 65) and the 2015 delivery of GERALD R. FORD (CVN 78) legislative relief is needed to temporarily reduce the operational carrier force to 10. Extending ENTERPRISE beyond 2012 involves significant technical risk, challenges manpower and the industrial base, and requires expenditures in excess of $2.8B with a minimal operational return on this significant investment. Extending ENTERPRISE would result in only a minor gain in carrier operational availability and adversely impact carrier maintenance periods and operational availability of the force in the future. The temporary reduction to 10 carriers can be mitigated by adjustments to deployments and maintenance availabilities."

 

[ichy]

but Enterprise is and always will be the first Nimitz class carrier ever.

Completely incorrect.

 

[AstroManLuca]

nuclear wessels

 

[Brovane]

According to the Navy this is thier position on extending her life to wait for the Ford.

The US Navy wants to decommission its oldest aircraft carrier, the USS Enterprise (CVN 65) three years early, in 2012. In May 2009 testimony before the House Armed Services Committee, CNO Admiral Gary Roughead said "During the period between the planned 2012 inactivation of USS ENTERPRISE (CVN 65) and the 2015 delivery of GERALD R. FORD (CVN 78) legislative relief is needed to temporarily reduce the operational carrier force to 10. Extending ENTERPRISE beyond 2012 involves significant technical risk, challenges manpower and the industrial base, and requires expenditures in excess of $2.8B with a minimal operational return on this significant investment. Extending ENTERPRISE would result in only a minor gain in carrier operational availability and adversely impact carrier maintenance periods and operational availability of the force in the future. The temporary reduction to 10 carriers can be mitigated by adjustments to deployments and maintenance availabilities."

Thanks for this information. I wonder if at some point there was a delay in the Ford since she is a new class of ships. It does make sense in this instance to temporarily deal with the reduction to 10 carriers instead of extending the Enterprise.

 

[MotF Bane]

I've been on the USS Midway which was pretty cool.

Wonder what they'll do with the Enterprise when it is decommisioned.

I'd be rather surprised to see her go for scrap.

 

[Fritzo]

Wonder if the transporters still work.

 

[Train]

I'd be rather surprised to see her go for scrap.

Probably mothballed for a few years in case the Ford doesnt come online soon enough and/or shit hits the fan somewhere in the world and we need that 11th carrier.

Then made into a fixed-location museum similar to how the Midway is now.

 

[FallenHero]

Probably mothballed for a few years in case the Ford doesnt come online soon enough and/or shit hits the fan somewhere in the world and we need that 11th carrier.

Then made into a fixed-location museum similar to how the Midway is now.

I dunno. They may wait on a fixed location museum for a Nimitz class to retire, as I think that would be the bigger draw and have more history behind some of them.

 

[Train]

I dunno. They may wait on a fixed location museum for a Nimitz class to retire, as I think that would be the bigger draw and have more history behind some of them.

Really? what Nimitz class would have more history than the Enterprise?

The E was in everything from the Mercury space missions to the war in Afghanistan

 

[bruceb]

Why did the government / military waste our $662 Million for only 2-4 more years of service ? ? Certainly, if the decom date is firm, the ship could have been kept going for a lot less money.

 

[techs]

I'd be rather surprised to see her go for scrap.

Probably mothballed for a few years in case the Ford doesnt come online soon enough and/or shit hits the fan somewhere in the world and we need that 11th carrier.

Then made into a fixed-location museum similar to how the Midway is now.

I dunno. Fixed location museums with aircraft carriers are pretty expensive to operate. The Intrepid museum in NY doesn't even break even, iirc. The cities with the kind of tourist base to support such a museum are pretty limited.

The Big E will at the very least have be gutted to take out the reactors and anything else that has become even slightly radioactive.

 

[bobdole369]

I'm fairly sure the Big E is the only one with 4 separate independent nuclear reactors.

 

[TallBill]

My roommate in Iraq launched aircraft off the Enterprise before switching over to Army.

 

[Brovane]

It would be very expensive to have Enterprise as a museum carrier. I suspect she will be mothballed and then have her reactors removed. She will then be probably sunk during exercises so the Navy can gather information on how the design holds up to battle damage and how effective the anti-ship weapons area.