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USS ENTERPRISE
aircraft carrier
CVN-65
USS
Enterprise CVN-65 was the world's first
nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. At 1,123 ft,
she is the world's longest naval vessel ever built. The
aircraft carrier was launched
on 24 September 1960 at Newport News Shipbuilding.
She
was the only aircraft carrier to house more than two
nuclear reactors, the only carrier featured a more cruiser-like hull.
In October
1962, aircraft carrier Enterprise was dispatched to her first
international crisis. Following revelations that the
Soviet Union was constructing nuclear missile launch
sites on Cuba, President John F. Kennedy ordered a naval
and air blockade on shipment of offensive military
equipment to Cuba. Five Second Fleet carriers
participated in the blockade.
On 19 December 1962, a Grumman E-2
Hawkeye was catapulted off the USS Enterprise aircraft
carrier in the first shipboard test of a nose-wheel
launch bar designed to replace the catapult
bridle. Minutes later, a second launch with a launch bar
was made by a Grumman A-6A Intruder, demonstrating one
of the primary design goals of reducing launch
intervals.
In Dec
1965, the Enterprise aircraft carrier became the first
nuclear-powered ship to engage in combat when she
launched aircraft against the Viet Cong near Biên Ḥa
City. USS Enterprise launched 125 sorties on the first day,
unleashing 167 tons of bombs and rockets on the enemy's
supply lines. On 3 December, she set a record of 165
strike sorties in a single day.
In January
1966, the aircraft carrier was continuing operations in
the Gulf of Tonkin as the flagship. She was carrying a
complement of approximately 350 officers and 4,800 men.
Four West coast squadrons were embarked. When USS
Enterprise departed the Gulf of Tonkin on 20 June 1967,
her pilots had flown more than 13,400 battle missions
during 132 combat days of operations. As Vice Admiral
Hyland stated in his congratulatory statement, "the
entire Air Wing Nine has earned a resounding 'Well
Done'." The carrier had steamed 67,630 miles in
operations with the Seventh Fleet.
In April
1975, USS Enterprise aircraft carrier was deployed to waters off South
Vietnam for possible evacuation contingencies as North
Vietnam, in violation of the Paris Peace Accords,
launched a conventional invasion of South Vietnam. On 29
April, Operation Frequent Wind was carried out by U.S.
Navy and U.S. Marine Corps helicopters from the 7th
Fleet. The Operation involved the evacuation of American
citizens and "at-risk" Vietnamese from Saigon, the
capital of South Vietnam under heavy attack from the
invading forces of North Vietnam.
In
December 1998, Enterprise battlegroup
spearheaded Operation Desert Fox, destroying Iraqi
military targets with more than 300 Tomahawk land attack
missiles and 691,000 lb of ordnance.
In October 2001, the United States launched air attacks
against Al-Qaeda training camps and Taliban military
installations in Afghanistan. Over three weeks, aircraft
from the USS Enterprise aircraft carrier flew nearly 700
missions and dropped over 800,000 lb of ordnance.
USS
Enterprise was officially decommissioned on February 3,
2017.
The
aircraft carrier
served the country for 51 years. It defended
the nation’s interests from the 1962 Cuban Missile
Crisis to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and was the
forerunner of the Nimitz-class ships that now make up
the bulk of the carrier fleet.
This primarily wood USS Enterprise
aircraft carrier model is
36" long x 10.5"
wide x 9" tall.
A copy of this model
is featured in CBS's Hawaii Five-0. This
model is our fourth generation
(we are at fifth now) and and we are
letting it go at a very low price $2,590 
Shipping and insurance in the USA included.
Other countries $400 flat rate. This model is
in stock and can be shipped within 5 business days.
Learn more about the
USS Enterprise CVN-65 here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Enterprise_(CVN-65)
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