Key Points and Summary - 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 ...

The world’s first nuclear-powered carrier, will be dismantled in Mobile, Alabama by 2029 for $536.7 million—marking the symbolic end of an era in U.S. naval history. The first-ever nuclear-powered ...

U.S. Navy’s Iconic Enterprise Nuclear Carrier Set for Dismantling in Alabama, Freeing Shipyard Space and Cutting Costs by $1 Billion The U.S. Navy has officially signed off on a historic contract that ...

What is the U.S. Navy’s best aircraft carrier ever? The question is hard to answer. Like comparing Jordan against Lebron, do we account for differences in era? Do we evaluate relative to ...

A small boat passes in front of the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise as it is anchored of the coast of Faliro, near Athens, Greece, on March 29, 2012. File photo by Petros Giannakouris/AP A ...

The flattop, which operated from North Island for 11 years, is heading for Bremerton at the end of its final deployment.