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|Ship caption= <small> <br>''Enterprise'', ''[[USS Long Beach (CGN-9)|Long Beach]]'' and ''[[USS Bainbridge (CGN-25)|Bainbridge]]'' in formation in the [[Mediterranean]], [[18 June]] [[1964]]. ''Enterprise'' crewmembers are spelling out [[Albert Einstein|Einstein's]] equation on the flight deck. This was the first all-nuclear battle formation.</small>
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|Ship aircraft= 85: <br/>(One squadron of [[F-14 Tomcat]]s; <br/>Three of [[F/A-18 Hornet]]s; <br/>Four [[EA-6B Prowler]]s; <br/>Four [[E-2C Hawkeye]]s; <br/>Six [[S-3 Viking]]s; <br/>Two Shadows; <br/>Eight [[SH-3 Sea King]]s or [[SH-60 Seahawk]]s)
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'''Toshie Uematsu''' is a female [[Professional Wrestler]] best known for her popularity in the [[1990s]] and [[2000s]]. She was one of the members of the first class of wrestlers trained by [[Chigusa Nagayo]] when Nagayo formed the [[GAEA Japan]] promotion. Uematsu is currently a free-lancer.
[[Image:USS_Enterprise_Logo.jpg|thumb|''Enterprise'' Logo]]
The '''USS ''Enterprise'' (CVN-65)''' was the world's first nuclear-powered [[aircraft carrier]] and the eighth [[U.S. Navy]] [[USS Enterprise|ship of the name]]. [[As of 2006]], the ship is homeported at [[Norfolk, Virginia]], and scheduled for retirement in 2013. Her intended replacement is the as-yet-to-be-named [[CVN-21|CVN-21 class supercarrier]] [[CVN-78]].
 
''Enterprise'' was [[United States Navy 1975 ship reclassification|originally designated]] as CVA(N)-65 - the 'N' standing for nuclear, but later was changed to its current designation.
 
==Career==
Like [[USS Enterprise (CV-6)|her predecessor]] of [[World War II]] fame, she is nicknamed the "Big E" and is well known throughout the world. At 1,123 feet (342&nbsp;m), she remains the world's longest aircraft carrier, though her 89,600 tons are surpassed by the [[Nimitz class aircraft carrier|''Nimitz'' class]]. She is also the only aircraft carrier to house more than two nuclear reactors. ''Enterprise''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s eight-reactor propulsion design was rather conservative, with each [[A2W reactor]] taking the place of one boiler.
Toshie Uematsu debutted at the age of 21 on [[April 15]], [[1995]] at the first show of the [[GAEA Japan]] joshi puroresu promotion. Early in her career, she was always clad in green, as each of the GAEA youngsters was strongly associated with a color. Unlike many of her classmates, Uematsu eventually stopped wearing her color and adopted a punk look with black leather and unusually spiked hair.
 
In [[1997]], several GAEA wrestlers, including Uematsu, appeared in [[World Championship Wrestling]] (WCW). Uematsu was entered in the inaugural tournament for the newly created women's cruiserweight title. She won the tournament, defeating [[Malia Hosaka]] on [[April 7]], [[1997]] in Hunstville, Alabama to become the first holder of the [[WCW_Women's_Cruiserweight_Championship]]. The belt was only defended in Japan afterwards. Uematsu lost the belt to [[Yoshiko Tamura]] on [[July 19]], [[1997]] and the belt was dropped
''Enterprise'' was intended to be the first of a class of six, but construction costs ballooned and the remaining vessels were never laid down resulting in her being the ''only'' ship of her class. [[USS America (CV-66)|CV-66]] was ordered as a conventional ''Kitty Hawk''-class aircraft carrier. CVN-67, with a new reactor design, was reordered during construction as the conventionally-powered [[USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67)|''John F. Kennedy'']]. Series production of nuclear carriers finally commenced with [[USS Nimitz (CVN-68)|USS ''Nimitz'' (CVN-68)]], the first of 10 Nimitz supercarriers. Because of her expense, ''Enterprise'' was launched without weapon systems (she was originally intended to receive two twin [[Terrier missile]] launchers); she was later refit with three Vulcan mounts and two [[RIM-7 Sea Sparrow|NATO Sea Sparrow Missile (NSSM)]] launchers. In the 2000s her armament was refit again, giving up one Vulcan mount and gaining two [[RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile]] launchers.
 
Uematsu wrestled mainly on the lower-card and in tag matches during the remainder of her GAEA career. Uematsu held the AAAW Tag Team championship twice with her partner Ran YuYu. Uematsu and YuYu won the belts for the second time on [[April 3]], [[1995]], defeating [[Manami Toyota]] and [[Carlos Amano]]. The championship was retired one week later when the GAEA promotion closed. Uematsu has stayed busy since, wrestling as a free-lancer for several joshi promotions.
==History==
*[[1958]] Enterprise's keel was laid at [[Northrop Grumman Newport News|Newport News Shipbuilding]] and Drydock Company.
*[[24 September]] [[1960]]: She was [[ship naming and launching|launched]], sponsored by Mrs. [[William B. Franke|W. B. Franke]], wife of the former [[United States Secretary of the Navy|Secretary of the Navy]].
*[[25 November]] [[1961]]: She was [[ship commissioning|commissioned]], with Captain Vincent P. DePoix in command.
 
==Championships and Accomplishments==
===1960 to 1969===
*'''[[GAEA Japan]]'''
After commissioning, ''Enterprise'' began a lengthy series of tests and training exercises designed to determine the full capabilities of the [[Nuclear Power|nuclear-powered]] [[aircraft carrier]]. Immediately her [[superlative]] characteristics and performance became obvious.
:*AAAW Tag Team Champion (2 times) - with Ran YuYu
 
*'''[[World Championship Wrestling]]'''
*[[30 October]] [[1961]]: Three TF Traders of VR-40 took off from her deck to transport [[Very Important Person (person)|VIP]]s to the mainland after observing sea trials.
:*WCW Women's Cruiserweight Champion (1 time)
*January [[1962]]: The first air operations were conducted by ''Enterprise'' as Commander [[George Talley]] made an arrested landing and catapult launch in an [[F8U Crusader]].
*[[20 February]] [[1962]]: ''Enterprise'' played a role in the space age she' acted as a tracking and measuring station for the epochal flight of [[Mercury Atlas 6|Friendship 7]], the [[Project Mercury]] space capsule in which Lt. Col. [[John H. Glenn, Jr.]], [[United States Marine Corps|USMC]], made the United States' first orbital space flight.
*August 1962: ''Enterprise'' joined the [[US 6th Fleet|Sixth Fleet]] in the Mediterranean sea.
*October 1962: She returned to [[Norfolk, Virginia]].
 
==External Links==
====[[Cuban missile crisis]]====
*[http://bodyslamming.com/other/uematsu.html] Bodyslamming.com's Uematsu page
Soon after, ''Enterprise'' was dispatched to its first international crisis. For some months, the United States had been flying [[Lockheed U-2|U-2 reconnaissance planes]] over [[Cuba]], a small island nation 90 miles <!-- nautical or statute? --> (145 km) off the coast of [[Florida]]. During one such flight over Cuba pictures obtained from the spy planes revealed what appeared to be [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[missile silo]]s under construction. Fearing the worst, the United States began to prepare for military action against Cuba, moving several Army units to Florida and supporting these units with a strong naval force.
*[http://homepages.which.net/~james.phillips/gaea.htm], James Phillips' GAEA page
*[[22 October]] [[1962]]: In a televised address to the nation, [[President of the United States|President]] [[John F. Kennedy]] annouced that U.S. reconnaissance flights had revealed a [[Cuban Missile Crisis|Soviet buildup of offensive missiles on the island of Cuba]]. The President ordered a naval and air quarantine on shipment of offensive military equipment to Cuba and demanded the Soviets dismantle the missile sites there. As part of the Presidentially imposed blockade of Cuba, ''Enterprise'' and other ships from the Second Fleet had been mobilized, and the ships of the blockading force were in position at sea when the quarantine officially began. ''Enterprise'', supported by the carriers [[USS Independence (CV-62)|''Independence'']], [[USS Essex (CV-9)|''Essex'']], and [[USS Randolph (CV-15)|''Randolph'']], and backed by shore based aircraft commenced with the blockade. On the same day the service tours of all officers and enlisted men were extended indefinitely.
*[http://homepages.which.net/~james.phillips/uematsu.htm], James Phillips' Toshie Uematsu page (not updated since 2003)
*[[24 October]] 1962: ''Enterprise'' and other ships in the Second Fleet began a "strict quarantine of all offensive military equipment under shipment to Cuba".
*[http://www.gaea-inc.com/gaeajapan/index.html], GAEA Japan's homepage
*[[25 October]] 1962: The first Soviet ship was stopped.
*[[28 October]]: [[Soviet Premier]] [[Nikita Khrushchev]] agreed to remove the missiles and dismantle the missile bases in Cuba.
 
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*[[19 December]] [[1962]]: An [[E-2 Hawkeye]] piloted by Lt. Commander [[Lee M. Ramsey]] was catapulted off ''Enterprise'' in the first shipboard test of nose-tow gear designed to replace the catapult bridle and reduce launching intervals. Minutes later the second nose-tow launch was made by an [[A-6 Intruder|A-6A]].
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*[[1963]]: ''Enterprise'''s second [[deployment]] to the [[Mediterranean]].
|NAME=Uematsu Toshie
*[[1964]]: ''Enterprise'''s third [[deployment]] to the [[Mediterranean]].
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*[[13 May]] [[1964]]: The world's first nuclear-powered task force was formed when [[USS Long Beach (CGN-9)|USS ''Long Beach'']] and [[USS Bainbridge (CGN-25)|USS ''Bainbridge'']] joined ''Enterprise''. This was during the third Mediterranean deployment.
|SHORT DESCRIPTION=Japanese professional wrestler
*[[31 July]] [[1964]]: The ships were designated Task Force One and, leaving Gibraltar, sailed on [[Operation Sea Orbit]], an historic 65-day, 30,216 mile (49,190 km) voyage around the world, accomplished without a single refueling or replenishment. The ports the Enterprise visited during this trip were Karachi, Pakistan, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and Sydney, Australia. In October, ''Enterprise'' returned to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company for its first refueling and overhaul.
|DATE OF BIRTH=[[April 14]], [[1974]]
*in [[November]] [[1965]]: The Big E was transferred to the Pacific's Seventh Fleet.
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*[[2 December]] [[1965]]: She became the first nuclear-powered ship to engage in combat when it launched bomb-laden aircraft in a projection of power against the [[Viet Cong]] near [[Bien Hoa]]. ''Enterprise'' launched 125 sorties on the first day, unleashing 167 tons of bombs and rockets on the enemy's supply lines.
|DATE OF DEATH=
*[[3 December]] [[1965]]: She set a record of 165 strike sorties in a single day.
|PLACE OF DEATH=
*[[23 January]] [[1968]]: Word was received of the capture of [[USS Pueblo (AGER-2)|USS ''Pueblo'']] by a [[North Korea]]n patrol boat. A Task Group, composed of ''Enterprise'' and screen, was ordered to reverse course in the [[East China Sea]] and to run northward to the [[Sea of Japan]] where it operated near [[South Korea]] for almost a month.
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[[Image:E-08.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Sailors aboard ''Enterprise'' battle a massive ordnance fire triggered by a Zuni rocket.]]
*[[14 January]] [[1969]]: At approximately 8:19 am, a [[MK-32 Zuni]] rocket warhead attached to an [[F-4 Phantom]] was overheated by exhaust from an aircraft starting unit and detonated, setting off fires and additional explosions across the carrier. By the time the fire was finally brought under control 27 lives had been lost, and an additional 314 people had been injured. The fire had destroyed 15 aircraft, and the resulting damage forced ''Enterprise'' to put in for repairs.
*early March 1969: Repairs to the ship were completed at [[Pearl Harbor, Hawaii]].
*[[14 April]] 1969: [[North Korea]]n aircraft shot down an unarmed [[EC-121 Constellation]] which was on a routine reconnaissance patrol over the Sea of Japan from its base at [[Atsugi, Japan]]. The entire 31-man crew was killed. The United States responded by activating Task Force 71 to protect such flights over those [[international waters]] in the future. Initially, the Task Force consisted of the carriers ''Enterprise'', [[USS Ticonderoga (CV-14)|''Ticonderoga'']], [[USS Ranger (CV-61)|''Ranger'']] and [[USS Hornet (CV-12)|''Hornet'']] with a screen of cruisers and destroyers.
 
In all, ''Enterprise'' made six combat deployments to Southeast Asia from 1965 to 1972.
 
===1970 to 1979===
*[[1970]]: ''Enterprise'' returned to Newport News Shipbuilding for an overhaul and her second refueling.
*[[19 January]] [[1971]]: She completed sea trials with her newly-designed nuclear reactor cores which contained enough energy to power her for the next 10 years. ''Enterprise'' then set sail for Vietnam to provide air support for U.S. and South Vietnamese units.
*In [[Vietnam]] ''Enterprise'', [[USS Oriskany (CV-34)|''Oriskany'']], and [[USS Midway (CV-41)|''Midway'']] spent a total of 22 two-carrier days and nine single-carrier days on station, resulting in a strike sortie count of 2,001 on [[30 July]] [[1971]]. Strike operations during July were disrupted when the carriers on station evaded three [[typhoon]]s — Harriet, Kim and Jean. A slight increase in [[South Vietnam]] strike sorties occurred during the month. These were mainly visual strikes against enemy troop positions and in support of U.S. [[helicopter]] operations.
*1 to 8 August 1971: Dual-carrier operations.
*9 to 31 August 1971: ''Enterprise'' was alone on station
*This resulted in a total of eight two-carrier days and 23 single-carrier days which produced a strike sortie count of 1,915 for the month.
*1 to 4 September 1971: ''Enterprise'' was in operations on [[Yankee Station]].
*4 to 26 September 1971: ''Oriskany'' was in operations on [[Yankee Station]].
*27 to 30 September 1971: ''Midway'' was in operations on [[Yankee Station]].
*One day in September 1971 was a two-carrier day. This month produced 1,243 strike sorties.
*1 to 10 October 1971: On Yankee Station, ''Midway'' was on single-carrier operation.
*11 to 30 October 1971: On Yankee Station, ''Enterprise'' was on single-carrier operation.
*[[20 October]] 1971: The air warfare posture in [[North Vietnam]] was altered through deployment of six [[MiG]] aircraft south of 20º latitude north — two each at [[Vinh]], [[Quan Lang]] and [[Bai Thuong]].
*November 1971: Alternating on Yankee Station, ''Oriskany'', [[USS Constellation (CV-64)|''Constellation'']] and ''Enterprise'' provided 22 two-carrier days on the line, delivering 1,766 ordnance-bearing strike sorties, 12 into [[North Vietnam]] and 9 into [[South Vietnam]]. Two reconnaissance missions were flown during the month, with the airfield at Vinh the mission assignment. Escort aircraft on both missions expended ordnance in a protective reaction role against firing [[anti-aircraft artillery]] sites near the field. Other protective reaction strikes were executed.
*[[23 October]] [[1972]]: The U.S., ended all tactical air sorties into North Vietnam above the 20th parallel and brought [[Operation Linebacker|Linebacker I]] operations to a close. This goodwill gesture of terminating the bombing in North Vietnam above the 20th parallel was designed to help promote the peace negotiations being held in [[Paris]], [[France]]. ''Enterprise'' and the other carriers had flown a total of 23,652 tactical air attack sorties into North Vietnam from May to October, and U.S. tactical air sorties during Linebacker I operations helped to stem the flow of supplies into North Vietnam, thereby limiting the operating capabilities of North Vietnam's army.
*[[23 October]] through [[17 December]] [[1972]]: The bombing halt. ''Enterprise'' alternated with other carriers on [[Yankee Station]] during the bombing halt, and remained on station. As a result of the bombing halt above the 20th parallel in North Vietnam, no MiG kills or U.S. losses were recorded during this time.
*December 1972: The Paris peace talks stalemated.
*[[18 December]] 1972: The United States resumed bombing campaigns above the 20th parallel under the name [[Operation Linebacker II|Linebacker II]]. During Linebacker II operations ''Enterprise'' and other carriers on station reseeded the mine fields in [[Haiphong]] harbor and conducted concentrated strikes against surface-to-air missile and antiaircraft artillery sites, enemy army barracks, petroleum storage areas, Haiphong naval and shipyard areas, and railroad and truck stations. Navy tactical air attack sorties under Linebacker II were centered in the coastal areas around Hanoi and Haiphong. There were 705 Navy sorties in this area during Linebacker II. Between 18 and [[22 December]] the Navy conducted 119 Linebacker II strikes in North Vietnam, with the main limiting factor on airstrikes being bad weather.
*[[28 December]] [[1972]]: An [[F-4 Phantom II|F-4J Phantom II]] from VF-142 on board ''Enterprise'' downed a [[Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21|MiG-21]], the 24th downed by Navy and Marine Corps pilots during the [[Vietnam War]].
*[[29 December]] 1972: The North Vietnamese returned to the peace table. Linebacker II ended.
[[Image:Enterprise Tomcat.JPG|thumb|right|250px|Although unable to support them at first, ''Enterprise'' was eventually refitted to handle the newer [[F-14 Tomcat]]s, and would operate with these fighters until their retirement from ''Enterprise'' in 2001.]]
[[Image:Vietnamescape.jpg|thumb|right|250px|U.S. and South Vietnamese citizens scramble to board a U.S. helicopter from the rooftop of a Saigon apartment building.]]
*[[23 January]] [[1973]]: The [[Vietnam cease fire]] was announced.
*[[27 January]] [[1973]]: The Vietnam cease-fire came into effect and ''Oriskany'', ''America'', ''Enterprise'' and ''Ranger'' cancelled all combat sorties into North and South Vietnam.
*[[28 January]] 1973: Aircraft from ''Enterprise'' and ''Ranger'' flew 81 combat sorties against lines-of-communication targets in [[Laos]]. The corridor for overflights was between [[Hue]] and [[Da Nang]] in [[South Vietnam]]. These combat support sorties were flown in support of the Laotian government which had requested this assistance. Laos had no relationship with the cease-fire in Vietnam.
*After the cease-fire in Vietnam, ''Enterprise'' proceeded to the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, [[Bremerton, Washington]], where the Big E was altered and refitted to support the Navy's newest fighter aircraft&mdash;the [[F-14 Tomcat]]. At this time, her distinctive "beehive" EW center and phased-array radars were removed.
*[[18 March]] [[1974]]: The first operational F-14 aircraft made its maiden landings and take-offs from ''Enterprise''.
*September 1974: ''Enterprise'' became the first carrier to deploy with the new fighter plane when she made her seventh western Pacific (WESTPAC) deployment.
*[[6 February]] [[1975]]: [[Typhoon|Typhoon Cervaise]] struck the island nation of [[Mauritius]].
*[[9 February]] [[1975]]: ''Enterprise'' responded to calls for disaster relief from [[Mauritius]].
*[[12 February 1975]]: She arrived at [[Port Louis]].
*Carrier personnel spent more than 10,000 man-hours rendering such assistance as restoring water, power and telephone systems, clearing roads and debris, and providing helicopter, medical, food and drinkable water support to the stricken area.
*[[19 April]] [[1975]]: ''Enterprise'', ''Midway'', [[USS Coral Sea (CV-43)|''Coral Sea'']], [[USS Hancock (CV-19)|''Hancock'']], and [[USS Okinawa (LPH-3)|''Okinawa'']] deployed to waters off Vietnam for possible evacuation contingencies as [[North Vietnam]] overran two-thirds of [[South Vietnam]] and pronounced the carriers' presence a brazen challenge and a violation of the 1973 [[Paris Peace Accords]].
*[[29 April]]: In three hours, [[Operation Frequent Wind]] was carried out by U.S. Navy and Marine Corps helicopters from the Seventh Fleet. Frequent Wind involved the evacuation of American citizens from the capital of South Vietnam under heavy attack from the invading forces of North Vietnam. The military situation around [[Saigon]] and its [[Tan Son Nhut]] airport made [[evacuation]] by helicopter the only way out.
*[[President of the United States|President]] [[Gerald Ford]] ordered the evacuation when [[Viet Cong]] shelling forced the suspension of normal transport aircraft use at [[Tan Son Nhut]] airport. With fighter cover provided by carrier aircraft, the helicopters landed on Saigon rooftops and at Tan Son Nhut to evacuate the Americans. The airport became the main helicopter landing zone: it was defended by Marines from the [[9th Amphibious Brigade]] flown in for that purpose. All but a handful of the 900 Americans in Saigon were evacuated. The last helicopter lifted off the roof of the [[United States Embassy]] at 7:52 p.m. carrying Marine security guards. During Operation Frequent Wind, ''Enterprise'' aircraft flew 95 sorties.
 
*[[1975]]: ''Enterprise'' began its its eighth [[WESTPAC]] deployment. During this:-
*[[27 February]] [[1977]]: The President of Uganda made public derogatory remarks against the USA and ordered all Americans in Uganda to meet with him. ''Enterprise'' and her escort ships were directed to operate off the east African coast
 
===1980 to 1989===
*1978: ''Enterprise'''s ninth WESTPAC deployment.
*January 1979: ''Enterprise'' sailed to [[Puget Sound Naval Shipyard]] for a 30-month comprehensive overhaul.
*1982: ''Enterprise'''s 10th WESTPAC deployment.
*1984: ''Enterprise'''s 11th WESTPAC deployment.
*[[November 2]], [[1985]]: Struck Bishops Rock on the [[Cortes Bank]] during exercises damaging outer hull and propeller. Continued operations and later went to dry dock for repairs.
*1986: ''Enterprise'''s 12th WESTPAC deployment.
*[[April 28]], [[1986]]: ''Enterprise'' was the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to transit the [[Suez Canal]]. She went from the [[Red Sea]] to the [[Mediterranean]] to relieve [[USS Coral Sea (CV-43)|''Coral Sea'']], on station with [[USS America (CV-66)|''America'']] off the coast of [[Libya]]. The transit began at 0300 and lasted 12 hours. It was the first time in over 22 years that ''Enterprise'' was in the [[Mediterranean Sea]].
*April 1988: ''Enterprise'', on its 13th deployment, was assigned to [[Operation Earnest Will]], escorting reflagged Kuwaiti oil tankers in the Persian Gulf while stationed in the North Arabian Sea.
*[[14 April]] 1988: [[USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG-58)|''Samuel B. Roberts'']] struck an Iranian mine in [[international waters]].
*[[18 April]] 1988: The USE launched [[Operation Praying Mantis]], retaliating against Iranian targets. The retaliation involved both surface and air units. [[Carrier Air Wing 11]] squadrons from ''Enterprise'' were the major aviation participants. The initial American strikes centered around a surface group action against two Iranian [[oil platform]]s that had been identified as support bases for Iranian attacks on merchant shipping. Elements of CVW-11 provided air support for the surface groups in the form of surface combat air patrols, flying [[A-6 Intruder]]s and [[A-7 Corsair II]]s, and combat air patrols with [[F-14 Tomcat]]s.
*September 1989: ''Enterprise'' began her 14th overseas deployment.
*early December 1989: ''Enterprise'' and ''Midway'', participated in [[Operation Classic Resolve]], President [[George H.W. Bush]]'s response to Philippine President [[Corazon Aquino]]'s request for air support during the rebel coup attempt. ''Enterprise'' remained on station conducting flight operations in the waters outside Manila Bay until the situation subsided, and then proceeded to her scheduled deployment to the [[Indian Ocean]].
 
===1990 to 1999===
*March 1990: ''Enterprise'' completed its highly successful around-the-world deployment by arriving in [[Norfolk, Virginia]]. ''Enterprise'' had safely steamed more than 43,000 miles <!-- nautical or statute? --> (69,000 km) from its long-time homeport of [[Alameda, California]].
*October 1990: ''Enterprise'' moved to Newport News Shipbuilding for refueling and the Navy's largest complex overhaul ever attempted.
*[[27 September]] [[1994]]: ''Enterprise'' returned to sea for sea trials, during which she performed an extended full power run as fast as when she was new.
*[[28 June]] [[1996]]: ''Enterprise'' began its 15th overseas deployment. The Big E enforced no-fly zones in Bosnia as part of [[Operation Joint Endeavor]] and over Iraq as part of [[Operation Southern Watch]]. The deployment also marked the end of an era when VA-75 retired the [[A-6 Intruder]] from the Navy.
*[[20 December]] [[1996]] ''Enterprise'' completed its deployment.
*February [[1997]]: ''Enterprise'' entered Newport News Shipbuilding for an extended selective restrictive availability lasting four-and-a-half months.
*[[6 November]] [[1998]]: Following workups, ''Enterprise'' departed on its 16th overseas deployment, this time with [[Carrier Air Wing Three]] (CVW-3).
[[Image:Enterprise Cruising.JPG|thumb|right|300px|''Enterprise'' patrols the [[Persian Gulf]] in support of [[Operation Desert Fox]].]]
*[[8 November]] [[1998]] night: Shortly after the start of the deployment, ''Enterprise'' suffered a major accident when an [[EA-6B Prowler]] crashed into an [[S-3 Viking]] on the carrier's flight deck. The mishap occurred when the EA-6B was returning to ''Enterprise'' following night qualifications and struck the S-3 which was on the flight deck. Both crews were reported to have ejected from their aircraft. A fire broke out involving both aircraft, but was quickly extinguished by the ''Enterprise'' flight deck crew. Three of the four members of the Prowler crew were lost at sea. The remains of the fourth were recovered shortly after the crash. The two crew of the Viking were rushed to the Naval Medical Center in [[Portsmouth, Virginia]]. No other ''Enterprise'' crew members were injured. A search for three EA-6B Prowler crew members was suspended after nearly 24 hours and after covering more than 100 square nautical miles (340 km&sup2;) on the water and 700 nautical miles (1300 km) <!-- is this meant to be an area? --> in the air.
*[[23 November]] 1998: Following a high-speed Atlantic transit, Big E relieved [[USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69)|''Dwight D. Eisenhower'']] in the [[Persian Gulf]].
*During a port call in [[Jebel Ali, United Arab Emirates]], ''Enterprise'' hosted former President George H.W. Bush and a live concert by [[Grammy Award]] winning rock group [[Hootie and the Blowfish]].
*16 to 20 December [[1998]]: Just days after the stop in Jebel Ali, the ''Enterprise'' battlegroup spearheaded [[Operation Desert Fox]], smashing Iraqi military targets with more than 300 [[BGM-109 Tomahawk|Tomahawk land attack missiles]] and 691,000 pounds (313 tonnes) of ordnance. The 70-hour assault was carried out by ''Enterprise'', [[USS Gettysburg (CG-64)|''Gettysburg'']], [[USS Stout (DDG-55)|''Stout'']], [[USS Nicholson (DD-982)|''Nicholson'']] and [[USS Miami (SSN-755)|''Miami]]. The operation was intended to disrupt the construction of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction, but instead captured world attention as a controversial act of war.
*[[23 December]] 1998: [[Secretary of Defense]] [[William Cohen]] flew out to the carrier , bringing along his wife Janet, Senator [[Daniel Inouye]] from [[Hawaii]], Representative [[John Murtha]] from [[Pennsylvania]], and singers [[Mary Chapin Carpenter]], [[Carole King]] and [[David Ball]]. The Secretary enjoyed lunch with Sailors on the mess deck before he kicked off a concert on the flight deck.
*Following operations off Sicily, ''Enterprise'' returned north, this time for a port visit in [[Cannes, France]]. Plans changed slightly, though, as [[Yugoslavia]]n peace talks in [[Rambouillet, France]] deteriorated and the carrier was ordered back to the [[Adriatic]] after only 24 hours in Cannes.
*early March 1999: On a short recall tether, ''Enterprise'' and CVW-3 pulled into port at [[Trieste, Italy]] for their last Mediterranean port visit before returning to the [[Persian Gulf]]. They relieved [[USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70)|''Carl Vinson'']] [[14 March]] [[1999]] and took over the helm of Southern Watch.
*[[6 May]] 1999: ''Enterprise'' returned home.
During the 1998-1999 deployment, ''Enterprise'' steamed more than 50,000 miles <!-- nautical or statute? --> (80,000 km) and spent 151 days underway. The aircraft of Carrier Air Wing (CVW) were launched nearly 9,000 times, logging approximately 17,000 hours in the sky. The ''Enterprise'' Battle Group was the first to deploy fully IT- 21 capable, affording the team unprecedented internal and external communication channels.
 
===2000 to present===
[[Image:USS_Enterprise_FS_Charles_de_Gaulle.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The world's first nuclear-powered carrier steams alongside what was then the newest, the French [[FS Charles de Gaulle]] May 16, 2001]]
 
*[[25 April]] [[2001]]: ''Enterprise'' began its 17th overseas deployment, with [[Carrier Air Wing Eight]] (CVW-8).
*18 to 28 June 2001: The carrier and four escorts participated in the Joint Maritime Course 01-2 (JMC 01-2), a British Royal Navy joint and combined warfare training exercise in the [[North Sea]] near the [[Hebrides Islands]], as well as land and airspace around [[Scotland]].
*[[11 September]] 2001: ''Enterprise'' was beginning her voyage home from the [[Persian Gulf]]. Watching a U.S. morning news show live (although locally in the early evening) the crew saw the [[September 11, 2001 attacks|terrorist attacks]] by the [[Al Qaeda]] terrorist network against [[New York]]'s [[World Trade Center]] and on [[The Pentagon]]. ''Enterprise'' turned around and headed back to the waters off Southwest Asia.
*[[7 October]] [[2001]]: the U.S. launched air attacks against al Qaeda terrorist training camps and [[Taliban]] military installations in [[Afghanistan]]. The actions were designed to disrupt the use of Afghanistan as a base for terrorist operations and to attack the military capability of the Taliban regime. Over three weeks, aircraft from ''Enterprise'' flew nearly 700 missions and dropped hundreds of thousands of pounds of ordnance over Afghanistan.
*Late October 2001: ''Enterprise'' left Southwest Asia.
*[[10 November]] [[2001]]: ''Enterprise'' arrived at its homeport of [[Norfolk, Virginia]], about two weeks later than originally planned. During its last day at sea, the ship hosted a live two-hour broadcast of [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC's]]'s ''Good Morning America.''
*[[7 January]] [[2002]]: Enterprise entered the [[Norfolk Naval Shipyard]] for a scheduled one-year [[Extended Docking Selected Restricted Availability]] (EDSRA).
*Summer 2004: The ship participated in [[Summer Surge 2004]] and several multinational exercises.
 
As of 2006, ''Enterprise'' is slated to remain in service until the first [[CVN-21|CVNX/CVN-21]] carrier, [[CVN-78]], enters the fleet in 2013. The subsequent fate of the Enterprise is, as of yet, unknown. One possiblity is that the CVN-65 may end up as an aircraft-carrier museum. It is also possible that she could end up in the [[ship/submarine nuclear recycling program]].
 
==Miscellaneous==
[[Image:Enterprise_Returns.JPG|thumb|right|300px|''Enterprise''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s island is visible as she returns to Norfolk following the conclusion of Summer Pulse 2004]]
*Partially due to her association with her famous World War II forebear and partially due to the association of her name with the television series ''[[Star Trek]]'', ''Enterprise'' is quite possibly the most famous vessel in the entire United States Navy.
*Because of the huge cost of her construction, ''Enterprise'' was launched and commissioned without the planned four Terrier missile launchers; these were never installed and the ship's self-defense suite instead consisted of four [[RIM-7 Sea Sparrow]] launchers and four [[Vulcan Phalanx]] Mk. 71 gun mounts; two of the Mk. 71 mounts were later replaced with [[RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile]] launchers.
*A common misconception that began during the 1970s and persisted into the 80s and 90s was that the ''Enterprise''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s nuclear reactors gave her an abnormally high top speed, as high as 50 knots (93 km/h) was rumored. The truth was somewhat more prosaic: Since the ship carried eight nuclear reactors, she could get up full steam almost immediately, allowing her to accelerate far more quickly than any other ship until the introduction of the naval gas turbine in the early 70s. By the 1990s, [[gas turbine]] ships which could keep up with or even exceed the nuclear ships' acceleration were common in the fleet, but the rumors persisted and continue to persist. Enterprise also has a more hydrodynamic hull than later [[Nimitz class]] carriers; these later carriers were designed to maximize fuel spaces at the expense of absolute top speed. Enterprise was the first nuclear powered aircraft carrier and the rumors from her crew in the 80s was that they underestimated the power from the 2 reactors per screw giving her a higher speed than later carriers. Bow waves making it up to the flight deck were reported and ability to distance themselves from any support ships added to the rumors about her capabilities. Given the tactical advantage with knowing her speed and range, the published top speeds are most definitely misinformation.
*Another incorrect rumor is that ''Enterprise''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s reactors leak enough to be a danger on-shore from a typical harbor anchorage; this is needless to say false, as such a high level of leakage would make the ship immediately hazardous to the lives of those who serve aboard.
*''Enterprise'' was supposed to appear in the film ''[[Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home]]'', but she was at sea at the time of filming. Instead, the carrier [[USS Ranger (CV-61)|USS ''Ranger'' CV-61]] played the part of the Enterprise. This is most visible in a background shot with [[Nichelle Nichols]] in the foreground; while the actress's hair mostly blocks out the older carrier's conventional rectangular island, the producers are unable to completely mask the ship's structural differences from the newer vessel (shot from the starboard side, the two elevators abaft the island are easily visible, vs. two elevators ahead of the island on ''Enterprise'') Since her engineering spaces were deeply classified at the time, it is unlikely that the producers would have been given access even had she been in port.
*Parts of the movie ''[[Top Gun (film)|Top Gun]]'' were set aboard the ''Enterprise''; like in ''Star Trek IV'', these were in fact filmed aboard ''Ranger'' (which between the two movies had a busy film career in 1984-1985)
*However, ''Enterprise'' was used in the filming of the movie version of Tom Clancy's novel ''Hunt for Red October''. Interestingly, the novel makes no mention of ''Enterprise''; rather, the U.S. carrier [[USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67)|''Kennedy'']] had control over all Atlantic air operations. Despite the fact that in the original novel it was supposed to be the ''Enterprise''
*Due to its age and unique design, ''Enterprise'' has been known to suffer more problems, both on the operation and overhaul sides, than other nuclear carriers. This has led sailors to not-so-affectionately nickname the boat the ''Mobile Chernobyl'' (although there have never been any problems even remotely as serious as those associated with the actual [[Chernobyl disaster|Chernobyl installation]]).
 
==See also==
*[[List of aircraft carriers]]
* [[List of aircraft carriers of the United States Navy]]
*[[Carrier battle group]]
*[[Modern naval tactics]]
*[[Aerial warfare]]
*[[Air superiority]]
*[[Air supremacy]]
 
==References==
*United States Naval Aviation, 1910-1995, published by the Naval Historical Center
*USS Enterprise (CVN 65) public affairs office
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==External links==
*[http://www.enterprise.navy.mil/ USS ''Enterprise'' official website]
*[http://www.sizor.com/cvn65/ AO3 Smitty's USS ''Enterprise'' (CVN-65) Page]
*[http://www.navysite.de/cvn/cvn65.html ''USS Enterprise'' webpage]
*[http://www.mooj.com/nps-contacts.htm '''''The Big E''''' Reactor & Engineering Department Alumni]
*[http://archives.cnn.com/2001/US/11/10/ret.enterprise/ CNN.com/US: USS Enterprise arrives home]
*[http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2001/nov/10/returning_air_wing/ Lawrence Journal-World: Returning air wing gets hero's welcome]
*[http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/us_navy_pages/aircraft_carriers/enterprise_cvn_65/uss_enterprise_cvn_65_page_1.htm Maritimequest USS Enterprise CVN-65 Photo Gallery]
 
 
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