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A ship with one of the most distinguished combat records of the [[Second World War]], the '''''USS Enterprise'' (CV-6)''' was  a[[Yorktown-class]] U.S. [[aircraft carrier]]. She was  commissioned in May 1938; served through the Second World War, Korean War, and Cold War.
A ship with one of the most distinguished combat records of the [[Second World War]], the '''''USS Enterprise'' (CV-6)''' was  a [[Yorktown-class]] U.S. [[aircraft carrier]]. She was  commissioned in May 1938; served through the Second World War, Korean War, and Cold War.


Even though [[Secretary of the Navy]] [[James Forrestal]], in October 1945, l recommended to President [[Harry S. Truman that Enterprise, unable to operate the heavier, faster aircraft then entering service, be preserved "as a visible symbol of American valor and tenacity in war, and of our will to fight all enemies who assail us...."<ref name=DEC>{{citation
Even though [[Secretary of the Navy]] [[James Forrestal]], in October 1945, l recommended to President [[Harry S. Truman that Enterprise, unable to operate the heavier, faster aircraft then entering service, be preserved "as a visible symbol of American valor and tenacity in war, and of our will to fight all enemies who assail us...."<ref name=DEC>{{citation
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  | title = USS Enterprise CV-6, The Most Decorated Ship of the Second World War: Decorations
  | publisher = USS Enterprise (CV-6) Organization
  | publisher = USS Enterprise (CV-6) Organization
}}</ref> Attempts to make her a museum ship failed, and she was scrapped in 1958.  
}}</ref> Attempts to make her a museum ship failed, and she was scrapped in 1958.
 
==Operations==
==Operations==
*1941
*1941

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A ship with one of the most distinguished combat records of the Second World War, the USS Enterprise (CV-6) was a Yorktown-class U.S. aircraft carrier. She was commissioned in May 1938; served through the Second World War, Korean War, and Cold War.

Even though Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal, in October 1945, l recommended to President [[Harry S. Truman that Enterprise, unable to operate the heavier, faster aircraft then entering service, be preserved "as a visible symbol of American valor and tenacity in war, and of our will to fight all enemies who assail us...."[1] Attempts to make her a museum ship failed, and she was scrapped in 1958.

Operations

Recognition

She won more awards than any other U.S. Navy ship in WWII:[1]

  • 20 battle stars, three more than any other ship (sisterships New Orleans CA-32, Minneapolis CA-36 and San Francisco CA-38 each received 17 battle stars), and seven more than the next carrier (Essex CV-9, which received 13 stars).
  • Presidential Unit Citation, May 1943
  • Meritorious Unit Citation
  • In August 1945, Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal cited Enterprise as the "one vessel that most nearly symbolizes the history of the Navy in this war."
  • following the Navy Day celebration in New York in

Characteristics

As a straight-deck carrier, she had very little capability to handle carrier-capable jets.

References