The real USS Enterprise is not NCC-1701, NCC-1701A, CVN-65, or even CVN-80.
The real Big E is USS Enterprise CV-6.
It was featured in the Henry Fonda/Lucille Ball film “Yours, Mine and Ours” which was not exactly filmed last week.
big burble behind boxy boat
I read someplace I think here on FR that some kid said how cool they named it after the ship in Star Trek
They’ll eventually convert the ship which will use warp drive..
I can’t believe we’ve had a nuclear powered carrier for 50 years and I still can’t find a nuclear powered pickup truck.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Enterprise_(CVN-80)
“Enterprise (CVN-80) will be the third Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier to be built for the United States Navy.[2][3] She will be the ninth United States naval vessel to bear the name, and is scheduled to be constructed and in operation by 2027.”
DoD News Release:
http://archive.defense.gov/Releases/Release.aspx?ReleaseID=15708
The Enterprise was the third-oldest commissioned vessel in the US Navy
... after the wooden-hulled USS Constitution and USS Pueblo.
The truly important Enterprise was https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Enterprise_(CV-6)
My college buddy worked on the Big E as a nuke engineer and I got to take a tour back in the early 80s when it was docked in Alameda.
I was stationed on this for almost a year in 1999, when I was 20 years old.
I served on her back in the late 80’s. She was already showing her age back then. But it’s still sad to see her like this.
The real USS Enterprise is not NCC-1701, NCC-1701A, CVN-65, or even CVN-80.
The real Big E is USS Enterprise CV-6.
"Decommish", as Rachel Ray would say...
I served on her 1983-1986.
Which lucky port is going to be home to this historic ship ?