Aircraft Carrier Photo Index: USS ENTERPRISE (CVAN-65)

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“Enterprise” means “boldness, energy, and invention in practical affairs.”
CVAN-65 was named to commemorate seven American warships which had previously borne the name:

1. A sloop used during the Revolutionary
   War
2. A Continental Navy schooner
3. A schooner (1799–1823)
4. A schooner (1831–1844)
5. A screw sloop-of-war
6. A non-commissioned motorboat
7. An aircraft carrier, the most decorated warship of World War II

Photo: NS020681, The seventh Enterprise (CV-6), prior to World
War II.

NavSource

Construction

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“(NWI)NEWPORT NEWS, VA., JAN. 4[, 1958]—ADVANCE FOR ATOMIC NAVY—
Rear Adm. A.G. Mumma, chief of the Navy Bureau of Ships, strikes a historic blow for a nuclear Navy
in authenticating the keel of the atomic supercarrier Enterprise. From left to right
are Adm. Mumma, W.E. Blewett Jr., president, Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co.; R.Adm. G.A.
Holderness, commandant, Norfolk Naval Shipyard; and Capt. H.J. Hiemenz, Naval Supervisor of Shipbuilding.
(AP WIREPHOTO) (bd31900bs) 1958″

From the files of the Vallejo Naval & Historical Museum
(CVN 65 381X1-2-58 TH AP).

Darryl Baker

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Laying of the keel plate of the nuclear-powered U.S. aircraft carrier Enterprise
(CVAN-65), 4 February 1958, at Dry Dock No. 11 of Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Virginia (USA).

Naval Aviation News, April
1958 issue.

Robert Hurst

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Enterprise taking shape in slipway #11, Newport News Shipbuilding. 
USN

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“Newport News Shipbuilding (June 11, 1960)—(PCU) Enterprise
(CVAN-65), the Navy’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, is shown under construction in slipway
#11. Eight reactors have been installed and her massive flight deck is 80% complete. Christening
will be in September.”

Robert M. Cieri

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The future USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) under construction, August
1960.

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Enterprise in September 1960, as preparations were being made
for her christening on September 24.

S. Dale Hargrave

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The crowd, estimated at 24,000, attending the christening ceremony. One
cool thing: as shown in the photo, the ship’s name was spelled out in lights on both sides of the bow.
During the ceremony the dry dock was being flooded. As a section of the ship floated off the keel
blocks, a letter in the name would light up. When the final “E” lit up, signalling that Enterprise
was afloat for the first time, Mrs. Franke christened the ship.

S. Dale Hargrave

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Enterprise (CVAN-65) was christened on Saturday,
24 September 1960.

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The christening ceremony. William E. Blewett, Jr., Newport News Shipbuilding
president, is at the podium.

S. Dale Hargrave

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Enterprise (CVAN-65) was sponsored by Mrs. William B. Franke,
wife of the Secretary of the Navy.

Ron Reeves

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Mrs. William B. Franke, wife of the Secretary of the Navy, christening the
ship.

S. Dale Hargrave

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Mrs. Franke eyes the champagne from the broken bottle.

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Christening Ceremony, September 24, 1960.

From “Shipyard Bulletin,” Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, March 1961, Volume XX,
Number 11.

John Shane (grandson of LCDR Louis Shane, Jr., KIA while commanding USS Shark
(SS-174), approximately February 11, 1942)

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Immediately after launching.

Barry Messner

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Enterprise (CVAN-65) under construction at Newport News Shipbuilding
and Dry Dock Co., late 1960 (background).

Submarine in the foreground is USS Robert
E. Lee (SSBN-601), leaving Newport News for one of her sea trials.

US Navy photo courtesy of Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co.

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USS Enterprise (CVAN-65), the world’s first nuclear-powered aircraft
carrier, was commissioned on 25 November 1961. The biggest ship in the world at the time, Enterprise
was certainly unique. However, as an article in the May 1961 issue of USNI Proceedings noted,
the name of such a unique ship was hardly new. Instead, Enterprise inherited in her
name a rich Naval history with origins in the Revolutionary War and notable achievements in various
Naval battles.
Ron Reeves

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“UNITED STATES SHIP ENTERPRISE CVA(N) 65”
“First Nuclear Aircraft Carrier and World’s Largest Ship”
“Built by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company 1961”

Enterprise in October 1961 with three C-1 Traders parked aft on the flight
deck. Official United States Navy photo by PHC Mowry.

Eugene Nelson

The 1960s and 70s

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USS Enterprise (CVAN-65), with Carrier Air Group (CVG) 1 aboard,
in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, February 1962. The Big E had been commissioned on 25 November
1961 and made her shakedown cruise between 5 February and 5 April 1962.

National Naval Aviation Museum,
Photo No. 1996.488.125.029.

Via Bob Canchola, BT, USN (Ret.)

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USS Enterprise (CVAN-65), 10 February 1962. Official USN
photo #1059659, released from US Naval Photographic Center, US Naval Station, Anacostia, Washington
25, DC.

David Buell

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USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) underway, 10 February 1962. Official
USN photo #1059660, released from US Naval Photographic Center, US Naval Station, Anacostia, Washington
25, DC.

David Buell

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USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) turning sharply to starboard on 10
February 1962, while conducting tactical maneuvers during a shakedown cruise in the Atlantic Ocean.

National Naval Aviation Museum,
Photo No.1996.488.125.032.

Via Mike Green

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U.S. Navy North American A3J-1 Vigilantes—BuNos 149283 (shot
down over North Vietnam, 1968), 149282, 148932 (destroyed in fire aboard Forrestal,
1967), 149279 & 149276—of Heavy Attack Squadron (VAH) 7 “Peacemakers of the Fleet,” along
with a solitary Douglas A4D-2N Skyhawk (BuNo 150593) of Attack Squadron (VA) 76 “Spirits,” and
McDonnell F4H-1 Phantom II of Fighter Squadron (VF) 102 “Diamondbacks” are shown parked on the
flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVAN-65), most likely
in 1962. USN photo.

Robert Hurst

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“HEAVY ATTACK SQUADRON SEVEN’S A3J-1 Vigilantes await launch from
the deck of the USS Enterprise in the Mediterranean. VAH-7, commanded by Cdr. Louie
B. Hoop, Jr., has received a special commendation for three consecutive years of accident-free flying
from VAdm. Frank O’Beirne, Commander Naval Air Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet. Called “Peacemakers of
the Fleet,” they returned in mid-October from their first deployment with the Vigilante in the
Med.”

(Quoted from Naval
Aviation News, November 1962 issue.)

Robert Hurst

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Four U.S. Navy North American A3J-1 Vigilantes (BuNos 148932 , 149280, 149277 and 149278
and two McDonnell F4H-1 Phantom IIs on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise
(CVAN-65), circa 1962. Photo North American Aviation/USN.

Photo from Aircraft
Carriers, by Norman Polmar.

Robert Hurst

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A U.S. Navy McDonnell F4H-1 (later F-4B) Phantom II, BuNo 148388,
modex AF111, of Fighter Squadron (VF) 102 “Diamondbacks,” piloted by LT John S. Bricker, makes the
1,000th recorded landing aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVAN-65), 15 February
1962. USN photo.

Robert Hurst

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A McDonnell F4H-1/F-4B Phantom II, modex AF105, of Fighter Squadron
(VF) 102 “Diamondbacks,” being brought up on the deck-edge elevator to the flight deck of the nuclear-powered
aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVAN-65), 1962. US Navy photo.

Robert Hurst

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President John F. Kennedy aboard USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) for
a naval air power demonstration, 14 April 1962. Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara (partially hidden)
and Secretary of the Navy Fred Korth (wearing a hat) accompanied the President.

Several F4H-1 Phantom IIs attached to Fighter Squadron (VF) 102 “Diamondbacks” can be seen
on the flight deck. One of them appears to be BuNo 148413.

Via Yu ChuBob Canchola, BT, USN (Ret.)

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President John F. Kennedy (center, wearing sunglasses)
and other distinguished guests watch U.S. Atlantic Fleet sea and air power demonstrations from the island
of USS Enterprise (CVAN-65), at sea off the coast of North Carolina, 14 April 1962.

Those pictured on the lower deck with President Kennedy include (L-R): Admiral Robert
L . Dennison, Commander in Chief of the Atlantic Command (CINCLANT), Commander in Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet,
and Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic (SACLANT); Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara; Secretary
of the Navy Fred Korth; and Congressman L.
Mendel Rivers (D-SC).

Robert Knudsen. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston.
Accession number: KN-C21121.

Via Bob Canchola, BT, USN (Ret.)

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President John F. Kennedy (center left, wearing sunglasses)
and other distinguished guests watch U.S. Atlantic Fleet sea and air power demonstrations from the island
of USS Enterprise (CVAN-65), at sea off the coast of North Carolina, 14 April 1962.

Those pictured on the lower deck with President Kennedy include (L-R): Admiral Robert
L. Dennison, Commander in Chief of the Atlantic Command (CINCLANT), Commander in Chief of the U.S.
Atlantic Fleet, and Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic (SACLANT); Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara;
Secretary of the Navy Fred Korth; Deputy Secretary of Defense Roswell Gilpatric; and Congressman L.
Mendel Rivers (D-SC).

Robert Knudsen. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston.
Accession number: KN-C21122.

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President John F. Kennedy (left, looking through binoculars)
and other distinguished guests watch U.S. Atlantic Fleet sea and air power demonstrations from the island
of USS Enterprise (CVAN-65), at sea off the coast of North Carolina, 14 April 1962.

Those pictured on the lower deck with President Kennedy include (L-R): Admiral Robert
L. Dennison, Commander in Chief of the Atlantic Command (CINCLANT), Commander in Chief of the U.S.
Atlantic Fleet, and Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic (SACLANT); Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara;
Secretary of the Navy Fred Korth; Deputy Secretary of Defense Roswell Gilpatric; and Congressman L.
Mendel Rivers (D-SC).

Robert Knudsen. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston.
Accession number: KN-C21123.

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President John F. Kennedy (left, looking through binoculars)
and other distinguished guests watch U.S. Atlantic Fleet sea and air power demonstrations from the island
of USS Enterprise (CVAN-65), at sea off the coast of North Carolina, 14 April 1962.

Those pictured on the lower deck with President Kennedy include (L-R): Secretary of Defense Robert
S. McNamara; Secretary of the Navy Fred Korth; Deputy Secretary of Defense Roswell Gilpatric; and Congressman
L. Mendel Rivers (D-SC).

Robert Knudsen. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston.
Accession number: KN-C21124.

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United States Navy jets fly in formation above the flight deck of USS Enterprise
(CVAN-65) off the coast of North Carolina, during U.S. Atlantic Fleet exercises for President John
F. Kennedy, 14 April 1962.

Robert Knudsen. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston.
Accession number: KN-C21038.

Note USS Forrestal (CVA-59) in the left background (bottom left corner).

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President John F. Kennedy (back, center) watches U.S.
Atlantic Fleet sea and air power demonstrations from the captain’s chair on the bridge of USS Enterprise
(CVAN-65), at sea off the coast of North Carolina, 14 April 1962. Commander Harold
F. Lang, Enterprise Operations Officer (in profile), stands left of President Kennedy;
Admiral Robert L . Dennison,
Commander in Chief of the Atlantic Command (CINCLANT), Commander in Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet,
and Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic (SACLANT), stands at far left, wearing sunglasses.

Robert Knudsen. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston.
Accession number: KN-C21157.

USS Forrestal (CVA-59) can be seen in the distance, through the bridge
windows.

Via Bob Canchola, BT, USN (Ret.)

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President John F. Kennedy (looking through binoculars)
watches U.S. Atlantic Fleet sea and air power demonstrations from the captain’s chair on the bridge
of USS Enterprise (CVAN-65), at sea off the coast of North Carolina, 14 April 1962. Commander
Harold F . Lang, Enterprise Operations
Officer (in profile), stands left of President Kennedy; Admiral Robert
L . Dennison, Commander in Chief of the Atlantic Command (CINCLANT), Commander in Chief
of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, and Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic (SACLANT), stands at left, smoking
a cigarette. Naval Aide to the President Captain Tazewell
Shepard, Jr. (in back, partially hidden) stands right of Admiral Dennison; others are unidentified.
[Discoloration in lower right corner of image is original to the negative.]

Robert Knudsen. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston.
Accession number: KN-C21158.

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President John F. Kennedy (looking through binoculars)
watches U.S. Atlantic Fleet sea and air power demonstrations from the captain’s chair on the bridge
of USS Enterprise (CVAN-65), at sea off the coast of North Carolina, 14 April 1962. Commander
Harold F . Lang, Enterprise Operations
Officer (in profile), stands left of President Kennedy; Admiral Robert
L . Dennison, Commander in Chief of the Atlantic Command (CINCLANT), Commander in Chief
of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, and Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic (SACLANT), stands at far left.

Robert Knudsen. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston.
Accession number: KN-C21159.

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President John F. Kennedy (center right) watches U.S.
Atlantic Fleet sea and air power demonstrations from the captain’s chair on the bridge of USS Enterprise
(CVAN-65), at sea off the coast of North Carolina, 14 April 1962. Commander Harold
F . Lang, Enterprise Operations Officer (in profile), stands left of President
Kennedy; Admiral Robert L . Dennison,
Commander in Chief of the Atlantic Command (CINCLANT), Commander in Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet,
and Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic (SACLANT), stands at far left. Naval Aide to the President Captain Tazewell
Shepard, Jr. (partially hidden) stands behind CDR Lang.

Robert Knudsen. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston.
Accession number: KN-C21160.

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President John F. Kennedy (looking through binoculars)
watches U.S. Atlantic Fleet sea and air power demonstrations from the captain’s chair on the bridge
of USS Enterprise (CVAN-65), at sea off the coast of North Carolina, 14 April 1962. Commander
Harold F . Lang, Enterprise Operations
Officer, stands left of President Kennedy; Naval Aide to the President Captain Tazewell
Shepard, Jr. (partially hidden) stands behind CDR Lang.

Robert Knudsen. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston.
Accession number: KN-C21161.

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Four McDonnell F4H-1 Phantom IIs from Fighter Squadron (VF) 102 “Diamondbacks”
in flight, 19 May 1962. Aircraft are, clockwise from top: BuNo 148393 (modex AF102), 148413 (AF101),
148404 (AF108), and 148398 (AF109). (BuNo 148413 crashed on 18 January 1964 and both 1st LT Frederick
A. Libkie and CWO3 Kent D. Ashmore (RIO) were killed.)

VF-102 was assigned to Carrier Air Group (CVG) 1 in 1962 and to CVG-6 in 1962–1964, aboard
USS Enterprise (CVAN-65). F4H-1s were redesignated F-4Bs in September 1962, and CVG-1
and CVG-6 became Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 1 and 6, respectively, in December 1963.

National Naval Aviation Museum photo,
# 1996.253.7277.008.

Bob Canchola, BT, USN (Ret.)

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A group of A3J-1 Vigilante aircraft on the flight deck of USS Enterprise
(CVAN-65), off the East Coast. U.S. Navy photo #1065017, dated 1 July 1962.

Courtesy of the Vallejo Naval & Historical Museum.

Darryl Baker

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Shasta (AE-6)
and Enterprise (CVAN-65) during a Replenishment at Sea (RAS), 1962. US Navy photo from
“All Hands” magazine, August 1962.
Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.

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Aerial view of USS Shasta
(AE-6) steaming alongside USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) during a Replenishment at Sea (RAS),
5 April 1962. US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National
Archives, # USN 1063048.

David Schmitt YNCS USN Ret. USS Shasta October 1965 to February 1968

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USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) underway while replenishing from the
ammunition ship USS Shasta (AE-6).
USN Official photo. The picture appears to have been taken at about the same time as the one above;
if this is correct, then the photo was taken in the Caribbean, off Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, the
day before the Big E concluded her shakedown cruise.

Scanned from Aircraft
Carriers, by Norman Polmar.

Robert Hurst

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Aerial view of USS Shasta
(AE-6) steaming alongside USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) during a Replenishment at Sea (RAS),
2 May 1962. US Navy photo.

David Schmitt YNCS USN Ret. USS Shasta October 1965 to February 1968

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F8U-2NE (F-8E under the 1962 designation system) Crusader, BuNo 149170,
modex AF201, Fighter Squadron (VF) 33 “Tarsiers,” after engaging the barricade aboard USS Enterprise
(CVAN-65), 23 August 1962.

Official U.S. Navy Photo.

(See NS0234cnr for a later photo
of this aircraft. It was sold to the French Navy for spare parts in 1988.)

Bob Canchola, BT, USN (Ret.)

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USS Enterprise (CVAN-65), with Carrier Air Group
(CVG) 6, Cannes, France, her first foreign port-of-call, 27 August–4 September 1962.

© Private Collection Benjamin
Gross-Payot

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USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) underway with Carrier Air Group 6
(CVG-6.) Official USN photo #1062601, received on October 22, 1962. Released from US Naval Photographic
Center, US Naval Station, Anacostia, Washington 25, DC.

David Buell

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USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) underway early in her career, circa
1962–1963.

Omar Rubido, former member of the Armada Española (Spanish Navy)

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A U.S. Navy North American A-5A Vigilante of Heavy Attack Squadron
(VAH) 7 “Peacemakers of the Fleet” recovering aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Enterprise
(CVAN-65), circa 1962–67. USN photo.

From The World’s
Fighting Planes, by William Green.

Robert Hurst

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On Tuesday, 16 April 1963, USS Enterprise (CVAN-65)
was steaming en route from Naples, Italy, to Aranci Bay, Sardinia. During launch operations, an RF-8A
Crusader (BuNo 146894, modex AE905), attached to Photographic Reconnaissance
Squadron (VFP) 62 “Fighting Photos,” was downed for an oil leak. Taxiing off the cat, the jet was hit
broadside with the blasts of several A-4 Skyhawks ready for launch. The RF-8 started to slide
on the slippery deck and nothing could stop it, including steering, brakes, and a wheel chock hastely
thrown under the jet. The doomed Crusader went over the port side of the ship at 1525 and the
pilot, LCDR William Newby Kelt, made a low-level ejection. His chute opened,
but he entered the water still in his seat. Fortunately, LCDR Kelt was immediately rescued by the plane
guard helicopter, but he spent several days in sick bay.

The tail of the Crusader is just visible at the edge of the flight deck in photo NS0265fi.

Bob Canchola, BT, USN (Ret.)Robert Hurst

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Bob Canchola, BT, USN (Ret.)

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Lieutenant Commander William Newby Kelt was Officer in Charge of VFP-62 Det.
65 during the USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) 1963 Mediterranean deployment.

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RF-8A Crusader, BuNo 146894, modex AE905, VFP-62 “Fighting Photos” Det.
65, Carrier Air Group (CVG) 6, USS Enterprise (CVAN-65), 6 February–4 September
1963 Mediterranean deployment.
USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) 1963 Cruise Book

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USS Enterprise (CVAN-65), with embarked Carrier Air Group (CVG)
6, off Taranto, Italy, 31 May–3 June 1963.

© Private Collection Benjamin Gross-Payot

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USS Enterprise (CVAN-65), with embarked Carrier Air Group (CVG)
6, anchored in berth Y-7, Taranto, Italy, 31 May–3 June 1963.

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Coming alongside USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) for refueling in
the Atlantic, 1963. The Vogie, USS Vogelgesang
(DD-862), was the first ship to refuel from Enterprise.

Robert King, GMG3, USS Vogelgesang

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Undated (circa 1963–64) pic of a camera-equipped Chance Vought RF-8A
Crusader of VFP-62 launching from USS Enterprise (CVAN-65). Photo U.S. Navy.

Photo from United
States Navy Aircraft since 1911, by Gordon Swanborough and Peter M. Bowers.

Robert Hurst

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USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) underway, escorted by the nuclear-powered
guided-missile cruiser USS Long Beach
(CGN-9), in 1963–1964.

Kenneth M. Crepeau

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USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) at anchor, 1963 or 1964.

Photo Galilea.

Jaume Cifré Sánchez

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Four photos developed in February 1964, showing USS Enterprise
(CVAN-65) and aircraft of Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 6.

The tail of A-4C Skyhawk BuNo 147745 (modex AE307) is visible in the upper left half of the
photo. It was attached to Attack Squadron (VA) 64 “Black Lancers” in September 1963, and can also be
seen in this well-known photograph of the Big E‘s hangar.

© Private Collection Benjamin
Gross-Payot

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F-4B Phantom II, BuNo 150445, modex AE102, Fighter Squadron (VF) 102
“Diamondbacks.” It was later upgraded to F-4N standard, and put into storage in July 1977.

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Tails of A-4C Skyhawks. For her 1964 deployment (World Cruise, Operation
Sea Orbit), USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) embarked three Skyhawk squadrons: VA-64
“Black Lancers,” VA-66 “Waldos,” and VA-76 “Spirits.”

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F-8E Crusaders (left) and A-4C Skyhawks packed on the flight
deck.

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USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) with Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 6, Souda
Bay, Crete, Greece, 27–28 February 1964. USS William
V. Pratt (DLG-13) is ahead of the Big E.

© Private Collection Benjamin
Gross-Payot

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This photo may have been taken on the same ocassion as the one above.
Four A-5A Vigilantes attached to Heavy Attack Squadron (VAH) 7 “Peacemakers of the Fleet”: BuNos
147859, 147854 (CAG bird, modex AE700), 148928 and 147861.

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Task Group of Nuclear-Powered Surface Ships operating in formation in the Mediterranean
Sea, 18 June 1964. The ships are the aircraft carrier Enterprise (CVAN-65), at left;
the guided-missile cruiser Long Beach
(CGN-9), in center; and the guided-missile frigate Bainbridge
(DLGN-25), at right. Enterprise crewmembers are spelling out Albert Einstein’s equation
for nuclear energy on the flight deck.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph (# KN-9027).

Scott Dyben

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Operation Sea Orbit — On July 31, 1964, USS Enterprise
(CVAN-65), bottom; USS Long Beach
(CGN-9), center; and USS Bainbridge
(DLGN-25), top, formed “Task Force One,” the first nuclear-powered Task Force, and were sent
on a 30,565-mile, 65-day voyage around the world, reminiscent of that of the 16 battleships of the “Great
White Fleet” in 1907–09. Accomplished without a single refueling or replenishment, Operation
Sea Orbit demonstrated the capability of nuclear-powered surface ships to operate in remote areas
at high speeds without logistic support.

(Several people have contributed this info. Thanks to Dave Dandrea; LCDR Tom Davis, USN (Ret); David
Powell; and Chas Folcik).
USN photo

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USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) underway in formation with USS Long
Beach (CGN-9), center, and USS Bainbridge
(DLGN-25), at top, probably in the Mediterranean Sea in June-July 1964. Members of Enterprise‘s
crew are in a flight deck formation spelling out Albert Einstein’s equation for nuclear energy. Planes
on her flight deck include 9 A-5; 22 A-4; 10 F-4; 14 F-8 and 2 E-1 types. Those aft are parked in
an arrowhead arrangement.

The photograph was released for publication on 30 July 1964, upon the commencement of Operation
Sea Orbit, the circumnavigation of the World by Task Force One, made up of the Navy’s first
three nuclear-powered surface ships. (See also NS026522).

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Collections of the Naval Historical Center (# NH 98108).

USN photo

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Mediterranean Port Calls and Daily Times and Positions during Sea Orbit.

Robert M. Cieri

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A VA-66 “Waldos” A-4C Skyhawk is about to recover aboard USS Enterprise
(CVAN-65), during Operation Sea Orbit, 1964. USS Bainbridge
(DLGN-25) and USS Long Beach
(CGN-9) are aft of Enterprise in plane guard position.

U.S. Navy Photo #1105780, courtesy of the Vallejo Naval
& Historical Museum.

Darryl Baker

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“Holiday Formation: Aboard the carrier Enterprise—Flanked
by planes on the flight deck, more than 1,000 crew members lined up in a salute to Independence Day
[1964]. The men formed an American flag between the dates of 1776 and 1964. The Defense Department
did not indicate where the carrier was operating when the photograph was made. United States Navy
photograph.”

Tommy Trampp

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Steaming in the Mediterranean Sea, 1964.

Richard Allen, crew member May 1963 to October 1967

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Two U.S. Navy Vought F-8E Crusader fighters (BuNo 150869, modex AE213;
and 150683, AE205) from Fighter Squadron (VF) 33 “Tarsiers” prepare for a launch in afterburner from
the waist catapults of USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) in 1964.

VF-33 was assigned to Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 6 for Operation Sea Orbit around the world cruise
from 8 February to 3 October 1964.

USN photo.

Bob Canchola, BT, USN (Ret.)

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USS Enterprise (CVAN-65), with Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 6, at
anchor in Sydney, Australia, 4–7 September 1964.

© Private Collection Benjamin Gross-Payot

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Scene on the hangar deck of USS Enterprise (CVAN-65), 15 September
1964, during Operation Sea Orbit. Aircraft seen include North American A-5A Vigilante
(modex AE700, lower left, undergoing maintenance), Heavy Attack Squadron (VAH) 7 “Peacemakers of the
Fleet;” Vought F-8E Crusaders BuNos 150860 (AE215) and 150845, Fighter Squadron (VF) 33 “Tarsiers,”
and RF-8A Crusader BuNo 146889 (AE908), Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron (VFP) 62 Det. 65
“Fighting Photos,” all of them in front of the Vigilante; Douglas A-4C Skyhawk (including
BuNos 147745, 149543 and 147847), Attack Squadrons (VA) 64 “Black Lancers” and 66 “Waldos;” Douglas
A-1H Skyraider, VA-65 “Tigers;” and McDonnell F-4B Phantom IIs, VF-102 “Diamondbacks.”

Naval History & Heritage Command (NH&HC)
photo, # USN 1106081-E.

NH&HC

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“It’s excusable that she’s a little seasick. After all, until she went aboard
the USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) in Sydney, Australia, «Matilda» had never been
to sea… or even seen a ship! Matilda is the unofficial name given to the two-year old, 40-pound kangaroo,
as a tribute to Australia since the country’s «unofficial» national anthem is «Waltzing
Matilda,» and she is a gift for the Lafayette Park Zoo in Norfolk, Virginia, from Australia. After
Commander F.H. Austin, Enterprise’s Senior Medical Officer diagnosed Matilda’s case a slight seasickness,
she began feeling better and is reportedly enjoying her voyage with the nuclear task force. The three
ships are on their last leg of the 33,000 mile world cruise.” Photograph released 24 September 1964.

National Archives and Records Administration
(NARA) photo, # 330-PSA-203-64 (USN 1105429).

NARA,
via Michael Mohl

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USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) in NOB Norfolk, October 1964, during
a pre-overhaul availability.

© Private Collection Benjamin Gross-Payot

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USS Independence (CVA-62) (foreground) and
USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) rendezvous in the Indian Ocean on 21 November 1965. Independence
was en route to Norfolk, Virginia, after six months “on the line” off Vietnam. Enterprise
was headed for combat duty in Vietnamese waters. Photographed by PH3 E.R. Pomponio.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. (# NH 97717).

NHC

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Good view of bow area, with A-4 Skyhawks.
USN

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Overhead, showing flight deck detail.
USN

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A Douglas EA-1F Skyraider, BuNo. 135010, of Airborne Early Warning
Squadron (VAW) 13 “Zappers,” Det. M, over the Gulf of Tonkin in 1966. VAW-13’s Det. M deployed with
Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 9 aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVAN-65), 26 October
1965–21 June 1966. U.S. Navy photo by Paul Selby.

Robert Hurst

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SH-2B Seasprite (BuNo 150186, modex UP38), Helicopter Combat Support
Squadron (HC) 1 “Pacific Fleet Angels,” Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 9, in flight over USS Enterprise
(CVAN-65) and ammunition ship USS Virgo
(AE-30), circa late 1966.

Bob Canchola, BT, USN (Ret.)

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USS Bellatrix
(AF-62) underway in the Tonkin Gulf, Christmas Day 1965, during an underway replenishment of USS Enterprise
(CVAN-65). Bellatrix got the nickname “UNREP A GO GO” because of this photo.

John E (“JB”) Bagby, LT USN, USS Bellatrix, PAO/PIO

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USS Enterprise (CVAN-65), Subic Bay, Philippines, 1966.

Richard Allen, crew member May 1963 to October 1967

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USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) conducting and UNREP, 1966.

Richard Miller, BMCS, USNR (Ret.)

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USS Sacramento
(AOE-1) alongside USS Enterprise (CVAN-65), Tonkin Gulf in 1966.

US navy photo.

Tommy Trampp

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View from USS Sacramento
(AOE-1) while alongside USS Enterprise (CVAN-65), probably off the coast of North Vietnam
on Yankee Station in 1966.

Tommy Trampp

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Underway Replenishment (UNREP) from USS Sacramento (AOE-1), off Vietnam, circa December 1965–June 1966.

BM3 John Rouse,
via Bob Canchola, BT

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McDonnell F-4B Phantom II, BuNo 152283, modex NG602, Fighter Squadron
(VF) 96 “Fighting Falcons,” fires its rockets in support of ground forces, circa 1965–1966. US
Navy photo.

Robert HurstBob Canchola, BT, USN (Ret.)

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Undated photo (circa 1966–68) of a McDonnell F-4B Phantom II
belonging to Fighter Squadron (VF) 96, from the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Enterprise
(CVAN-65) over South Vietnam. US Navy photo.

Robert Hurst.

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USS Enterprise (CVAN-65), with embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW)
9, in Hong Kong, January–February 1966.
Bill Stevenson, VA-94

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USS Enterprise (CVAN-65), Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 9, day operations
in the Gulf of Tonkin, sometime in 1966.

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USS Enterprise (CVAN-65), Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 9, flight deck
after recovery of a strike, Gulf of Tonkin, sometime in 1966. A-4C Skyhawks from Attack Squadron
(VA) 94 “Shrikes” (side numbers 4xx) and VA-76 “Spirits” (5xx).

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USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) makes ready for night operations. Red
floodlights on the mast illuminate an F-4B Phantom and flight deck crewmen working around it
as they prepare to launch a night raid against North Vietnam, 5 April 1966. U.S. Navy photo by E.
J. Filtz (K-31306).
USN

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Tonkin Gulf, May 25, 1966. Note helicopters reprovisioning
her from AOE-1 Sacramento. Taken from Fred T. Berry (DD-858)
© Richard Leonhardt

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Tonkin Gulf, May 25, 1966.
© Richard Leonhardt

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Tonkin Gulf, June 7, 1966.
© Richard Leonhardt

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Tonkin Gulf, June 1966.
© Richard Leonhardt

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Tonkin Gulf, June 1966. Detail of Island.
© Richard Leonhardt

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Tonkin Gulf, June 1966.
© Richard Leonhardt

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USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) arrives in San Francisco
Bay, 21 June 1966, after her first Vietnam Cruise.

“[…] ‘the Golden Gate Bridge appeared through the morning haze.’ Sliding ‘through the mist’ beneath
the bridge the ship was welcomed by one of the largest celebrations given a vessel entering the bay
since WWII.”

“Traffic backed up on the bridge approaches for miles as crowds of ‘cheering people with streamers
and signs leaned out over the rails of the Golden Gate.’ Whistles sounded and fireboats shot water
geysers skyward as the ship steamed into the bay, mooring at NAS Alameda, city officials dedicating
the day in honor of the ship. More than a third of the crew went on leave, the remainder taking advantage
of ‘the tremendously warm welcome’ extended to them by the people of the area, with San Francisco,
Oakland and Alameda proclaiming 21 June as ‘Big E Day.'”

“CVW-9 [Carrier Air Wing 9] flew 20,076 sorties, 13,020 combat, 2 December 1965–5 June 1966,
the wing proudly claiming that ‘the queen of the seas was married to the king of the air wings,’ made
19,131 catapult launches and 18,142 arrested landings, dropped 8,966 tons of ordnance, performed six
helo rescues and spent 120 days on the line.” (Quoted from DANFS, “Dictionary
of American Naval Fighting Ships”.)

If you have any information about the banner reading “VA-93 BLUE BOOZERS” and why it was displayed
there, please let us know.

Photos © William T. Larkins. Used with
permission.

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USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) arrives in San Francisco Bay, 21 June
1966, after her first Vietnam Cruise.

A-4C Skyhawks, VA-93 “Blue Blazers,” Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 9.

Bill Stevenson, VA-94

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The Big E passing under the Golden Gate Bridge. Close-up of
an A-4C Skyhawk, VA-94 “Shrikes.”

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Awaiting crowd.

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Redwing
(YTB-783) assisting USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) at the San Francisco Naval Shipyard at Hunters
Point, probably on 30 June 1966.

U.S. Navy photo from the San Francisco NARA, Hunters Point Historical Photo Collection.

Tracy White, Researcher @ Large

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Testing the catapult. Date unknown, but possibly taken in August 1966, when
the angled-deck catapult bridle catcher was removed. Hunters Point files at San Bruno, file name MSR-64243-8-66.

Tracy White, Researcher @ Large

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Ships under repair at Hunters Point Naval Shipyard in August 1966. The carrier
USS Hancock (CVA-19) is to the left while USS Preston
(DD-795) and Edson (DD-946) are in
the yard’s dry dock 4 and USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) is to the right. Photo is from the
files of the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum.

Darryl Baker

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USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) departing Hunters Point Naval Shipyard
in September 1966, after an overhaul. U.S. Navy photo, file name CVN 65 64478-9-66. The carrier in
the background, beyond Big E‘s bow, is probably USS Hancock
(CVA-19).

Darryl Baker

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Undated, but probably taken on the same occasion as photo 0265al,
picture of USS Enterprise (CVAN-65). Hunters Point files at San Bruno, file name MSR-64479-9-66.

Tracy White, Researcher @ Large

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Port bow underway. Photo taken after the summer 1966 overhaul.

USN

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Underway with escorts, Air Wing has not yet joined up with the ship. Photo
taken after the summer 1966 overhaul.

USN

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Tonkin Gulf, within a few days of Christmas, 1966. Notice the Christmas tree
in the hangar deck just behind the F-4. Photo taken from USS Ponchatoula
(AO-148).
Photo by Barry Litchfield,
USS Ponchatoula,
1966-1967

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Tonkin Gulf, within a few days of Christmas, 1966. Photo taken from USS Ponchatoula
(AO-148).
Photo by Barry Litchfield,
USS Ponchatoula,
1966-1967

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USS Ponchatoula
(AO-148) during underway replenishment of USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) while in the Tonkin
Gulf in 1967.
Barry Litchfield,
USS Ponchatoula,
1966-1967

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USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) arrives in San Francisco
Bay, 6 July 1967, after her second Vietnam Cruise, “her aircraft having completed 13,435 catapult launches,
flying 13,392 battle missions during 132 days of combat operations, 11,470 sorties, the ship steaming
67,630 miles within the 7th Fleet. […] Both the ship and CVW-9 were later awarded the Navy Unit
Commendation.” (Quoted from DANFS, “Dictionary
of American Naval Fighting Ships”.)

Photos © William T. Larkins. Used with
permission.

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“I Relieve You, Sir.” With these words Captain Kent L. Lee (left) relieved
Captain James L. Holloway, III, (right) as commanding officer of USS Enterprise (CVAN-65)
during ceremonies on 11 July 1967.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval History & Heritage Command
(# NH 103812).

Naval History & Heritage Command.

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President Lyndon B. Johnson flashing the “V” for Victory to the crew of USS
Enterprise (CVAN-65), 11 November 1967, in vicinity of El Toro, CA. President Johnson
led Veterans Day services on flight deck. He had arrived the day before and departed by helo.

Aircraft in the right background is an RA-5C Vigilante. It is almost certainly BuNo 147850,
modex NG103, Reconnaissance Attack Squadron (RVAH) 1 “Smokin’ Tigers.”

President Johnson White House Photographs. US National
Archives and Records Administration (NARA).

Bob Canchola, BT, USN (Ret.)

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Press photo from 1968. VA-56 “Champions” A-4E, and a lone VA-113 “Stingers”
A-4F Skyhawks line the deck of USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) as another VA-56 Skyhawk
launches on a mission over North Vietnam. “The Enterprise, the world’s largest warship,
is on her third tour of duty in the Gulf of Tonkin.”

Tommy Trampp.

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USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) underway in the South China Sea, first
quarter of 1968, as seen from HMAS Perth
(D38), during the destroyer’s first deployment to Vietnam.

Photo by Bob D. Westthorp, RAN, 1964–1988.

Bob D. Westthorp,
via Bob Canchola, BT, USN (Ret.)

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USS Enterprise (CVAN-65), moored starboard side to Leyte Pier,
Cubi Point, Subic Bay, Republic of the Philippines, 25–30 April 1968.

This was Enterprise‘s last deployment before the fire, and also
her last deployment with Skyhawks (VA-113 and VA-56 squadrons, part of Carrier Air Wing 9).
The boxy BPDMS launcher, installed during the June–September 1966 overhaul, can be seen on the
port quarter sponson.

© Private Collection Benjamin
Gross-Payot

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A portrait of an era: The active, nuclear powered USS Enterprise
(CVAN-65), in the background, undergoing an overhaul, with many of the extensive Reserve Fleet ships
in the vicinity, July–September 1968.

Identifiable ships are: ex-USS Bremerton
(CA-130), ex-USS Rochester
(CA-124), ex-USS Pasadena
(CL-65), and ex-USS Worcester
(CL-144).

© Private Collection Benjamin
Gross-Payot
Fire aboard Enterprise, 14 January 1969

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The massive fire, in Hawaiian waters, started when a Zuni rocket accidentally
exploded under the wing of an F-4J Phantom II. Some of the subsequent 18 explosions were 500-lb.
bombs cooking off in multiples, leaving 20-foot holes in the armored flight deck. Losses totalled
28 dead, 343 wounded, and 15 aircraft destroyed.

(Thanks to Stan Osterbauer, who provided this information).

USN,
via Bob Canchola, BT, USN (Ret.)

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View of an explosion on the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier
USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) caused by the overheating of a Zuni rocket that triggered
the detonation of other ordnance on the flight deck. This tragedy occurred while the Big E
was operating off Hawaii.

Robert M. Cieri

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Off Hawaii (14 January 1969) crewmen fight fires on the flight deck of the
nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVAN-65), after aircraft were armed
and fueled for air operations. One overheated Zuni rocket was the culprit.

Robert M. Cieri

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A view of the fire and explosions looking aft on the flight deck of the nuclear-powered
aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVAN-65).

Robert M. Cieri

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Clouds of black smoke rise as crew members fight the fire that broke out
on the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVAN‑65)
while she was conducting flight operations off Hawaii. The mast of the destroyer USS Rogers
(DD-876) is alongside also fighting the fire.

Robert M. Cieri

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A view of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Enterprise
(CVAN-65) underway in the Pacific Ocean showing the crew fighting a fire on the flight deck that occurred
as the carrier was conducting air operations near Hawaii. The masts of the destroyer USS Rogers
(DD-876) are visible on the right.

Robert M. Cieri

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View of the still smoldering aft flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS
Enterprise (CVAN-65), showing the crew manning hoses snaking further toward the scene
of the most fierce area of the fire. The destroyer USS Rogers
(DD-876) is visible standing-by, on the right. For her heroic efforts in fighting the huge blaze aboard
the Big E, she was awarded a well-deserved Meritorious Unit Commendation (MUC).

Robert M. CieriKevin Kinsey

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USS Rogers
(DD-876) alongside helping fight the fire, and USS Benjamin
Stoddert (DDG-22)—upper right corner—making approach to lend assistance. (Official
USN Photo).

Richard LeonhardtBob Canchola, BT, USN (Ret.)

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Alex Tatchin

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Bob Canchola, BT, USN (Ret.)

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Photo # USN 1140315, by W.R. Dapper.

Charles Lamm

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The aftermath of the disaster, seen soon after the fire was extinguished
and before flight operations resumed.

Photo by PH2 Stanley C. Wycoff.

Charles LammBob Canchola, BT, USN (Ret.)

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Aerial view of the aft flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier
USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) underway in the Pacific Ocean, showing the damage resulting
from a series of fires and explosions that occurred as the carrier was conducting air operations near
Hawaii. After securing from fire fighting the crew commences the task of clearing the fight deck,
as they bring up “Tilly” to jettison wreckage which were once aircraft.

Robert M. Cieri

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Another aerial view, as the helicopter circles the aft end of
the flight deck showing the extent of the damage to the Big E, including a gaping hole
in the armored deck caused by the explosion of a 500-lb. bomb.

Official U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections
of the National Archives and Records Administration
(NARA), # 428-GX-KN-17590.

Robert M. CieriBob Canchola, BT, USN (Ret.)

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Bob Canchola, BT, USN (Ret.)

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The aftermath of fire and ammunition explosions. US Navy photo.

Bob Canchola, BT, USN (Ret.)

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A final aerial view of the starboard aft flight deck showing the damage to
the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVAN-65). This view nearly mirrors
the view of the port side. “Tilly” will soon be busy, as it stands by in the middle of the flight
deck, to begin doing what it was designed to do.

Robert M. Cieri

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View of damage after the fuel fire and ammunition explosions. US Navy photo.

Bob Canchola, BT, USN (Ret.)

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“Carrier Steams Into Pearl Harbor—The nuclear carrier Enterprise,
badly damaged by a series of explosions and fires, moved slowly into Pearl Harbor last week. The fire,
during training exercises 75 miles southwest of Honolulu, took at least 25 lives and injured 78 crew
members. Seven others were missing.” Press photo, January 1969.

Tommy Trampp

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USS Enterprise leaving Pearl Harbor, early 1969. This photo
was taken either on January 13 (the day before the fire) or in early March, after repairs that enabled
the Big E to complete her 4th Vietnam deployment.

Roy “Bud” Duncan, who was aboard as a member of VA-145 “Swordsmen,” notes: “After the fire,
our air groups were stationed at NAS Barbers Point and joined us after we were underway. Therefore,
[this] photo is our grand old ship leaving for our fateful ORI and fire probably Jan 13, morning.”

© Barry Litchfield (at the time PH3, Fleet Training Group Pearl Harbor)

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USS Rogers
(DD-876) alongside USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) somewhere in the Western Pacific, April 1969.

Note tail of EKA-3B Skywarrior, BuNo 142647, modex NG614, VAQ-132 “Scorpions,” Carrier Air
Wing (CVW) 9.

David Powell, radarman aboard Enterprise, May 1968–March 1971

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USS Enterprise (CVAN-65), Yellow Sea, 30 April 1969, as seen
from USS Benjamin Stoddert (DDG-22).
Top of her island is in the cloud cover. Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 9 was embarked. Task Force 71.

© Richard Leonhardt

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Yellow Sea, May 1969.
© Richard Leonhardt

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Front to back: USS Enterprise (CVAN-65), USS Hancock
(CVA-19), three auxiliaries (which appear to be USS Markab
(AR-23) with USS Pictor (AF-54)
outboard, and USS Procyon (AF-61)
forward of them), and USS Coral Sea (CVA-43) at NAS Alameda, CA, possibly
in the first half of July 1969.

Robert M. Cieri

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USS Enterprise (CVAN-65), Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport
News, VA, March 1970, during the ship’s refueling and overhaul (October 1969–January 1971).

S. Dale Hargrave

“The Waddell was one of Enterprise‘s escorts I believe in
the Indian Ocean, she gave her escorts a head start, then all of a sudden she was there and gone. Taken
from the USS Waddell (DDG-24) sometime
in the 70’s.”
Photos submitted by GMG2 Bill Liesch, via Bob Canchola, BT, USN (Ret.)

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USS Enterprise (CVAN-65), with Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 14, at
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 15 February 1971. The Big E was en route to Alameda, her homeport,
after completing a Refueling and Overhaul (ROH) at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company (11
October 1969–19 January 1971).

Photo by Joe Seidl, © Private Collection Benjamin Gross-Payot.

© Private Collection Benjamin Gross-Payot

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USS Enterprise (CVAN-65), with embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW)
14, Pearl Harbor, HI, 25 June 1971, en route to WestPac for her fifth (and second to last) Vietnam deployment.

Photo by Joe Seidl, © Private Collection Benjamin Gross-Payot.

© Private Collection Benjamin Gross-Payot

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USS Enterprise (CVAN-65), with embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW)
14, Pearl Harbor, HI, 24–26 June 1971, en route to WestPac for her fifth (and second to last)
Vietnam deployment. The Big E is moored to Pier Hotel, berths #3 and #4, with fleet oiler
USS Chipola (AO-63) across
the pier, in berth #1.

© Private Collection Benjamin Gross-Payot

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Miss America USO Tour, late August 1971. Left to right: Vicky Jo Todd, Miss
Nevada; Hela Yungst/aka Young, Miss New Jersey; Bellinda Myrick, Miss Texas; Phyllis George, former
Miss Texas & Miss America; Donna Jo Connelly, Miss Arkansas; Cheryl Browne, Miss Iowa; and Karen
Griffin, Miss Arizona.

Bob Canchola, BT, USN (Ret.)

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USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) steaming under the Golden
Gate Bridge and entering San Francisco Bay, summer 1972.

LT(JG) Sully Augustine,
USS Enterprise, 1970–1972

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USS Enterprise (CVAN/CVN-65), with some A-7E Corsair
IIs attached to Attack Squadrons (VA) -27 “Royal Maces” and -97 “Warhawks,” Carrier Air Wing (CVW)
-14. Exact date (1971–1978) and location unknown.

© Private Collection Benjamin Gross-Payot

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A Vietnam cease-fire was announced on 23 January 1973 and came
into effect on the 27th. The carriers USS Oriskany (CVA-34), USS Ranger
(CVA-61), USS Enterprise (CVAN-65), and USS America (CVA-66)
were on Yankee Station and cancelled all combat sorties.

On Sunday, 28 January 1973, all four carriers, along with a DD/DE screen, steamed together for a
photo exercise. Visible in these photos are: USS Fanning
(DE-1076) off the Big E‘s port bow, USS William
C. Lawe (DD-763) ahead, and USS Corry
(DD-817) off the starboard bow.

This is Enterprise, with Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 14, as seen from Oriskany,
with CVW-19.

Bob Canchola, BT,
USS Oriskany, 1971–1973

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Left to right: USS America (CVA-66), USS Enterprise
(CVAN-65), and USS Ranger (CVA-61), with USS Oriskany
(CVA-34) steaming astern of the Big E, and five destroyers and destroyer escorts in the
lead. Vietnam cease-fire, Sunday, 28 January 1973.

Escorts are, left to right: USS Bronstein
(DE-1037), USS Corry (DD-817), USS
William C. Lawe (DD-763), USS Fanning
(DE-1076), and USS Cone (DD‑866).
(Photo and escorts id thanks to Enterprise WestPac 1972–73 Cruise Book, via Bob
Canchola.)

USS Oriskany Alumni Facebook Group,
via Bob Canchola, BT, USS Oriskany 1971–1973

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Zenithal view of the same group.

Via Bob Canchola, BT, USS Oriskany 1971–1973

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South China Sea, 28 January 1973, the nuclear-powered attack aircraft carrier
USS Enterprise (CVAN-65), as seen from USS Oriskany (CVA-34).

Michael Corsi, RM3, USN (Ret.),
via Bob Canchola, BT, USN (Ret.)

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South China Sea, 28 January 1973, the nuclear-powered attack aircraft carrier
USS Enterprise (CVAN-65)—center—the attack aircraft carriers USS America
(CVA-66)—left—and USS Oriskany (CVA-34), and—left to right—the
destroyer escort USS Bronstein
(DE-1037), destroyers USS Corry (DD‑817),
USS William C. Lawe (DD-763), destroyer
escort USS Fanning (DE-1076),
and destroyer USS Cone (DD-866), cruise
together in the multiple aircraft carrier force at the end of the hostilities in Vietnam.

Official U.S. Navy photo, now in the collections of the National
Archives and Records Administration (NARA), photo # 428-K-97942. Photographer: SA Larry Hayes.

NARA, via Bob Canchola, BT, USS Oriskany 1971–1973

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South China Sea, 28 January 1973, USS Enterprise
(CVAN-65) and USS America (CVA-66)—background—seen from USS
Ranger (CVA-61).

AN Kevin Stecher,
via Bob Canchola, BT, USN (Ret.)

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Left to right: USS Ranger (CVA-61), USS Enterprise
(CVAN-65), and USS America (CVA-66), as above.

Bob Canchola, BT, USN (Ret.)

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Aerial view of Naval Air Station Alameda, summer of 1974. Left to right:
USS Coral Sea (CVA-43), USS Hancock (CVA-19),
USS Oriskany (CVA-34), and USS Enterprise (CVAN-65).

Robert M. Cieri

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Same as NS024346, above, from a different angle.

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USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) underway with Carrier Air Wing (CVW)
14, returning to the United States from a Western Pacific cruise (17 September 1974–20 May 1975)
that included the evacuation of Saigon. Note Marine CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopters parked on
deck, hitchhiking a ride home aboard the Big E. Note, as well, the men sunbathing on
the forward part of the flight deck.

National Naval Aviation Museum
photo, # 1996.488.125.006.

Bob Canchola, BT, USN (Ret.)

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Left to right: USS Enterprise (CVN-65), USS Coral
Sea (CV-43), USS Kansas City
(AOR-3), USS Wabash (AOR-5),
and USS Oriskany (CV-34) at NAS Alameda, CA, July-August 1975.

Official US Navy photo from the Naval Photographic Center, Washington, D.C.

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USS Enterprise (CVN-65) arriving in San Diego, 23 January
1976. Photographed by PH2 Robert Chouinard.

National Archives and Records Administration
(NARA) photo, # 428-GX-K-112733.

NARA

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USS Enterprise (CVN-65) underway off Point Loma, California,
21 June 1976. The Big E had been in port, San Diego, for three days, then spent 10 days
conducting air operations in the Southern California (SOCAL) area before returning to Alameda, her
homeport.

Robert Hurst

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USS Enterprise (CVN-65) displays one of her Sea Sparrow
Mk 25 BPDMS launchers, while underway on 21 June 1976 conducting operations in the Southern Californa
area. The SPS-12 air-search radar on her island was added partly because the big flat arrays were not
entirely reliable, and partly because they had no IFF facilities. The small white radome above her
bridge housed a British-type SCOT/satellite-communication antenna, allowing the ship to use British-orientated
facilities in areas such as the Indian Ocean. US Navy photo.

From U.S. Aircraft
Carriers: An Illustrated Design History, by Norman Friedman.

Robert Hurst

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USS Enterprise (CVN-65) departs San Francisco Bay for a WestPac
deployment, 30 July 1976. Aircraft on deck are part of Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 14: KA-6D and A-6E Intruders
of VA-196 “Main Battery;” S-3A Vikings of VS-29 “Dragon Fires;” an EA-6B Prowler of VAQ-134
“Garudas;” A-7E Corsair IIs of VA-97 “Warhawks” and VA-27 “Royal Maces;” E-2B Hawkeyes
of VAW-113 “Black Eagles;” SH-3D Sea King helicopters of HS-2 “Golden Falcons;” and an RA-5C
Vigilante of RVAH-1 “Smokin’ Tigers” partially visible abaft the island. Big E‘s
Carrier On-board Delivery (COD) plane, a C-1B Trader, is also parked among the Air Wing “birds.”

Photos © William T. Larkins. Used with
permission.

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(See above.) A group of F-14 Tomcats was parked
aft. Note two planes camouflaged in the then new, experimental Ferris scheme: BuNo 158979 (VF-1 “Wolf
Pack,” modex NK100), on the elevator, and BuNo 158985 (VF-2 “Bounty Hunters,” modex NK200), extreme
aft.

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Overhead view of the nuclear-powered attack aircraft carrier USS Enterprise
(CVN-65) entering Hobart, Tasmania, in October 1976. The Big E has her air group, Carrier
Air Wing (CVW) 14, parked up on the flight deck. Note the escort of fast craft escorting Enterprise
into port.

Robert Hurst

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A Lockheed S-3A Viking (BuNo 159392, modex NK702, later converted to
S-3B) of Antisubmarine Squadron (VS) 29 on the deck-edge lift of USS Enterprise (CVN-65),
circa 1976–77.

Robert Hurst

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A Lockheed S-3A Viking of Antisubmarine Squadron (VS) 29 ready for launching
from USS Enterprise‘s starboard catapult, circa 1976–77.

Robert Hurst

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Two LTV A-7E Corsair II attack aircraft in formation, possibly in
early 1977. The one in the foreground (BuNo 157502, modex NK410) is from Attack Squadron (VA) 27 “Royal
Maces,” operating from the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN-65);
the other (BuNo 158002, modex NL404) is from VA-94 “Shrikes,” operating from the aircraft carrier USS
Coral Sea (CV-43). Photo courtesy of Ling Temco Vought.

Robert Hurst

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USS Enterprise (CVN-65), with Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 14, at
anchor off Mombasa, Kenya, 19–22 February 1977.

© Private Collection of Benjamin
Gross-Payot

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Aerial bow view of USS Enterprise (CVN-65) underway, 1978. (DVIC
photo id: DN-SC-86-00551).

USN

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The Landing Signal Officers (LSO) at work bringing in F-14 Tomcats
of Fighter Squadron (VF) 124 aboard the carrier USS Enterprise (CVN-65) off Southern California
in 1978.

This image is part of a folder of LSO photographs in the collection of Robert L. Lawson.

Photo courtesy of the National Naval
Aviation Museum.

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USS Enterprise (CVN-65) departs San Diego, California,
8 April 1978, on her 9th WestPac deployment (the Big E had departed her homeport, Alameda,
on 4 April). Photos taken from USS Jouett
(CG-29). Destroyer in photo NS0265baa is USS Agerholm
(DD-826), returning from her 21st and final WestPac deployment.

Carl T. Orbann

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HMAS Melbourne
(R21) breaks away from USS Enterprise (CVN-65), during Exercise RIMPAC 78, 9–22
April 1978. Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 14 was embarked aboard the Big E.

RAN photo.

Kimberley Dunstan

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Pearl Harbor, 23–25 April 1978.

Photo by Dr. Kenneth Hartman

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This RA-5C Vigilante, BuNo 156627, modex NK610, RVAH-1
“Smokin’ Tigers,” in late 1978 “lost its brakes and nose wheel steering, heading to the cat, and caught
fire.” (Thanks to Joe Butler for the information.) The Vigilante was being phased out of the
Fleet and this particular aircraft, although still serviceable, was left at Cubi Point, Philippines,
as a spare parts source for RVAH-7 “Peacemakers of the Fleet” aboard USS Ranger
(CV-61).

Left behind when the US Navy left the base in 1991, the aircraft was on static display (NS0265dxa),
bearing a psychedelic coat of paint applied by a local art school. It was later moved to Marikit
Park, at the center of Olongapo City, repainted in Navy/NASA colors.

BuNo 156627 had been delivered to the Navy in 1970 and was one of the “156 series” Vigilantes
(after their BuNos), with more modern avionics, higher-thrust engines and improved airframe.

NS0265dxc: BuNo 156627 in happier days.

NS0265dxd: In a photo from the 1978 WestPac Cruise Book (4 April–30
October).

Bob Canchola, BT, USN (Ret.)

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Starting in 2003 this photo circulated
the Internet captioned as a Navy new “Terrorist Catch and Release Program.”

In fact, it was taken in October 1978, during a “Tiger Cruise,” as the Big E was steaming
from Pearl Harbor to San Francisco [thanks to Gerry U. Law, Jr., ETR2, OPS/OE Div, Shop 2/SPS-33 FAR],
to undergo what was considered “the most extensive and highly complex overhaul” of the ship’s history
to date (1979–1982.) The world was not very environmentally-concerned
in 1978 and this was seen as an acceptable way to get rid of an old, no longer needed car. It has been
hotly argued what the brand and model of the car were—looks like it actually was a 1963 Plymouth
Savoy. Regarding this issue, Jim Benjaminson, Mem. sec. Plymouth
Owners Club, Inc. (and editor emeritus) wrote: “After consulting my ’63 Plymouth material I am
certain the car was a Savoy—or possibly a ‘Fleet Services’ Savoy which would have been a commercial
fleet sales vehicle such as a taxi, police or military, etc. The Savoy was the least expensive offering
in 1963 and the fleet services Savoy was even more of a ‘stripper’! As my college roommate (whose father
was a Plymouth dealer) would say—’it came with two options—keys and heater.’ It’s not a
Belvedere as there is no wide, colored molding running the length of the body ‘character’ line from
front to back nor is there a Belvedere script aft of the front wheel opening (the Savoy would have
had a Savoy script but it appears there is no script of any kind in that area which again may prove
it to be a fleet services Savoy—or somebody appropriated it as a souvenir. The top-line Fury
also had a full length body side molding with colored insert that differed in shape from the Belvedere.”

Joe Butler, RVAH-1 Plane Captain, comments: “That Plymouth was transferred from one squadron to
another as they rotated in during WestPac. RVAH-1 offered it to RVAH-7 on Ranger
relieving Enterprise. RVAH-7 didn’t want it so we took it onboard Enterprise
for its final voyage. At least that’s what I was told. I was there Plane Captain RVAH-1.” He also added
later that it was used as an Officers car.

Bob Corrow, PRCS, USN (Ret.) adds: “The RA-5C Vigilante aircraft (a very high-speed, carrier-based
reconnaissance aircraft) was coming to the end of its service life in the late 70s. RVAH-1 (Heavy 1)
was the ‘Viggie’ squadron embarked in USS Enterprise (CVN-65; note the big 65 painted
on the bow) during the ’78 WestPac cruise. The car belonged to that squadron, and was their ‘in port’
car at Subic Bay (Philippines). I don’t know how long the car had been there, or how many squadrons
had owned it before them. Just prior to our departure from Subic, heading home upon WestPac completion,
the squadron had the car loaded aboard the boat—for the specific purpose of the catapault launch
you see in the photo—as one of its final acts before their 1979 [disestablishment]. […] The
hype did not match the reality, unfortunately, as the car dropped very rapidly into the deep blue sea
right after that cat shot. I didn’t expect it to fly, of course, but it really dropped! But, all in
all, quite interesting. I was a PR-1 in VS-38 during that cruise and was in that photo. As asides,
for those who remember: We went to GQ the night before our Pearl Harbor port call, as a dozen or so
Filipino stowaways had been discovered sometime during the Subic-Pearl transit. VS-38 accepted ‘Miss
Piggy’ (one of only a few US-3A COD aircraft at that time) from VS-33 during that cruise. I believe
it was during that cruise that Miss Piggy’s cargo blivet blew open on the flight deck, scattering mail
of all kinds across the flight deck and into the sea.”

Douglas Pries (then AH3) remarks: “I’m in this picture [NS026546d]. I’m the
guy with the beard next to the yellow vest, but I don’t see Oddball. Kevin Killoren is the officer
in the jump suit [photo NS026546a] and is on this page he might have ownership
info. PO2 Parry (“Oddball”) and I took the radiator and gas tank out and I learned how to do some welding
on the days leading up to the launch. Our names are under the driver’s window and passenger window
like pilot and copilot. TJ saw it and wanted his and Aherns on it but wasn’t specific so when Lile
told us about it we talked either Kevin Pike or Dave Doenge’s into putting the names on the opposite
side. I was the catchecker for pictures also but not the only one. There was a chief and LT from the
cats that came to airframes to tell us how to prepare it for the shuttle. The inside of the windows
had clear packing tape on them after we broke the others out. Funny part of it was the stuff we removed,
we just took to the fantail and threw overboard anyways. We had a dummy we wanted to put in the driver’s
seat at launch but it wasn’t allowed for some reason. When Oddball went to throw it overboard he was
stopped by a chief that told him he could be responsible for a man overboard if someone saw it from
the hangar deck. There was a story behind the other squadrons tagging the car but it started while
I was at midrats and I didn’t witness it 1st hand. Oddball made some kind of deal after he caught someone
tagging it a 2nd time and got a case of cokes for our shop out of the deal. He’s gone now but I’ll
check with Glenn or Willie and see if they remember. The jist was he put on a MAA armband as he’d been
tad and scared them into paying up. We didn’t see the 1st guy do it but he caught the 2nd guy and said
he was going to turn him in for doing both as defacing government property or something. We didn’t
care as long as they didn’t tag over our logos or names but he was quick to scam an E-3. By morning
a couple other squadrons tagged the car too. I used other guys names if they don’t care I don’t care
if you use these memories. Bear in mind I’m 67 and this didn’t happen yesterday. I was on nights when
the car was prepped and it was my 2nd cruise so I had seniority and experience in airframes as a troubleshooter
catchecker.”

Then ATAN Jeff Amick explains: “It was used by the squadron during the deployment in Subic Bay.
Brought aboard during our last in-port period and taken to the hangar bay for a fresh coat of paint.
Then launched into the ocean during our trip home. The squadron was slated for [disestablishment] upon
return to the U.S. I had the honor to ‘drive’ it while being pushed from the hangar bay to the flight
deck. As for the cars history, I don’t have any info on that.”

NS026546a: RA-5C Vigilante (probably BuNo 156615, modex NK612), Reconnaissance
Attack Squadron (RVAH) 1 “Smokin’ Tigers,” Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 14. Nominally assigned to LCDR K .M .
Carlton and LT F .B . Dempsey.

NS026546f: License plate off the 1963 Plymouth Savoy. Photo sent by
Raymond McLaughlin, who writes: “Maybe I took the License Plate off the night before, and maybe it’s
a relic of that day in possession of the Smoking Tigers that were there that day in the Pacific.” (If
you look closely, you will see the plate still in place in photo NS026546a.)

Kegan Connick

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Via Bob Canchola, BT, USN (Ret.)

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USS Enterprise (CVN-65) docking at North Island NAS on 2 December
1978, as seen from USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63). USS Belleau
Wood (LHA-3) is in background.

Richard Stiles

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Underway off Southern California, 11 December 1978. Enterprise
was conducting carrier qualifications and refresher operations for Carrier Air Wing 11 (CVW-11); the
ship also completed her mine readiness certification two days later. Photographed by PH3 Ted Kappler.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph (# KN-27606).

Scott Dyben

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“Nuclear-powered Aircraft Carrier Enterprise.” (From a Russian publication).

This drawing shows Enterprise as she appeared in the 1970s, still with her original,
distinctive island structure supporting the SPS-32 and SPS-33 “billboard” radar antennas and topped
by her unique conical ESM/ECM array.

Alex Tatchin

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“USS Enterprise as she appeared between completion and 1979,
when she was modernized. Her first self-defence weapons, two Mk 25 BPDMS launchers are shown on the
after part of the ship.”

Image and text from Aircraft
Carriers of the U.S. Navy, by Stefan Terzibaschitsch.

Robert Hurst

Memorabilia

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Unit Identification Mark (UIM) tab patch.

Robert M. Cieri

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Christening cachet signed by ADM Arleigh Burke, CNO at the time, and William
B. Franke, SecNav, both speakers at the ceremony.

S. Dale Hargrave

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Anchor log, 30 January 1962– .

USN

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United States Ships Enterprise, Long
Beach, Bainbridge.
Commander Carrier Division Two. Nuclear Task Force One. Around the World Cruise, 1964.

Operation Sea Orbit.

Richard Allen, crew member May 1963 to October 1967

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Robert M. Cieri

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Carrier Division Three, First Nuclear Powered Task Group in Combat, Vietnam,
2 December 1965. USS Enterprise (CVAN-65), with Carrier Air Wing Nine (CVW-9); USS Bainbridge
(DLGN-25); USS Barry (DD-933); USS
Samuel B. Roberts (DD-823).

[On 2 December 1965] “Enterprise became the first nuclear powered warship to engage in combat operations
when aircraft of Attack Carrier Air Wing NINE launched 118 sorties against the Viet Cong in South Vietnam.
For the rest of the month, the Big E carried out a relentless campaign against the enemy,
primarily in North Vietnam, blasting military facilities, transportation networks, military storage
areas, and barges and junks carrying supplies to the Communist forces in South Vietnam.” Quoted from
the ship’s Command History for 1965.

Richard Allen, crew member May 1963 to October 1967

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“USS Enterprise, (CVAN/CVN-65), 50 Years, 1961–2011″

Bob Canchola, BT, USS Oriskany, 1971–1973

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Welcome Aboard booklet, Dependents Cruise, 31 October 1964.

Robert M. Cieri

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USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) Engineering Dept. — E —
Machina Bena Constituta.

Edward Stiner,
USS Enterprise, 1966–1972

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USS Enterprise (CVN-65) and Carrier Air Wing 17 (CVW-17).

Mike Smolinski

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USS Enterprise (CVN-65) / Carrier Air Wing Seventeen (CVW-17)
“Centurion.”
Tommy Trampp

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USS Enterprise (CVN-65).
Joe Radigan

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USS Enterprise (CVN-65). Australia. (1983?)
Tommy Trampp

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USS Enterprise (CVN-65) and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 11, World
Cruise 89–90 (Alameda, 17 September 1989–Norfolk, 16 March 1990). “We’ll be back…”

Tommy Trampp

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“OIF, OEF, USS Enterprise, CVW-1 on CVN-65, ‘Ready on Arrival’.”
South Atlantic-Mediterranean-Persian Gulf cruise, 28 August 2003–29 February 2004.

Tommy Trampp

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“Summer of Love Cruise 2006” [2 May–18 November 2006].

Tommy Trampp

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“Riding a Classic, USS Enterprise 2011 Cruise” [13 January–15
July].

Tommy Trampp

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“1961 – 50th Anniversary Cruise – 2011 * From Yankee Station to
the Arabian Gulf”

Tommy Trampp

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One Last Ride, Big E, 1961–2012, 22nd & Final Combat
Deployment.

Despite a widespread belief that Enterprise‘s final deployment was her 22nd, a careful
review (July 2012) of her command history reports by researchers and historians at the Naval Historical
Foundation and the Naval History & Heritage Command showed that it was actually her 25th.

Tommy Trampp

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“The World’s First Nuclear Powered Aircraft Carrier Enterprise,
Big E, Final Deployment 2012, Thanks for the Ride!” (11 March–4 November 2012.)

Tommy Trampp

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“Welcome Aboard” letter from the Commanding Officer (1996–1997), Captain
Michael D. Malone, USN.
Wolfgang Hechler

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“USS Enteprise (CVN-65), Airplan Cartoons, EDSRA/IDTC/Deployment
2003–2004, By the Strike Group’s Strike Ops”
USS Enterprise (CVN-65) old website

Models

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Model of USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) on display at the
National Naval Aviation Museum, Pensacola,
Florida. Photos taken on 13 June 2008.
Photos by Judson Phillips

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Left to right: Joel Rosen, President, Motion Models Inc.; Admiral James L.
Holloway III, former Chief of Naval Operations (CNO, 1974–1978) and former Commanding Officer
of USS Enterprise (CVAN-65, 1965–1967); Pete Papa, Motion Models Master Modeler.
Permanent installation of a Motion Models-built model of Enterprise at the U.S. Naval
Museum in Washington, D.C.

Courtesy of Joel Rosen, Motion Models

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A beautiful model of USS Enterprise (CVN-65) that is currently
in the Alameda Naval Air Museum.

Courtesy of
William T. Larkins