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	USN Ships--USS Enterprise (CV-6)
		USS Enterprise, a 19,800-ton Yorktown class aircraft carrier, was built at Newport News, Virginia.
		In June 1942, Enterprise played a vital role in the Battle of Midway, in which her planes sank or helped sink three Japanese aircraft carriers and a cruiser.
		In late 1943 and early 1944 Enterprise participated in the Gilberts and Marshalls invasions and in attacks on Japanese bases in the Central and Southern Pacific.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-e/cv6.htm (1261 words)

	U.S. Navy - A Brief History of Aircraft Carriers - USS Enterprise (CV 6)
		Enterprise entered Noumea, New Caledonia, on 30 October 1942 for repairs, but a new Japanese thrust at the Solomons demanded her presence and she sailed on 11 November, repair crews from USS Vestal (AR-4) still on board, working vigorously.
		On 6 June 1944, the "Big E" and her companions of TG 58.3 sortied from Majuro to strike with the rest of TF 58, the Mariana Islands.
		Enterprise entered the New York Naval Shipyard on 18 January 1946 for inactivation, and was decommissioned on 17 February 1947.
	www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/ships/carriers/histories/cv06-enterprise/cv06-enterprise.html (2452 words)

	USS Enterprise CV-6
		Enterprise entered Noumea, New Caledonia, on 30 October for repairs,but a new Japanese thrust at the Solomons demanded her presence and shesailed on 11 November, repair crews from Vestal (AR-4) still on board, workingvigorously.
		On 6 June 1944, the "Big E" and her companions of TG 58.3 sortiedfrom Majuro to strike with the rest of TF 58, the Mariana Islands.
		Enterprise enteredthe New York Naval Shipyard on 18 January 1946 for inactivation, and wasdecommissioned on 17 February 1947.
	www.multied.com /navy/Cv6Enterprise.html (2109 words)

	Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > USS Enterprise (CV-6)
		Enterprise entered Noumea[?], New Caledonia, on 30 October, for repairs, but a new Japanese thrust at the Solomons demanded her presence and she sailed on 11 November, repair crews from Vestal (AR-4)[?] still on board, working vigorously.
		On 6 June 1944, the "Big E" and her companions of TG 58.3[?] sortied from Majuro to strike with the rest of TF 58, the Marianas Islands[?].
		Enterprise entered the New York Naval Shipyard on 18 January 1946 for inactivation, and was decommissioned on 17 February 1947.
	www.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/us/USS_Enterprise_(CV-6) (2431 words)

	Haze Gray & Underway Photo Feature: USS Enterprise Through the Years
		Early in 1942 she escorted USS Hornet on the famous Doolittle Raid on Tokyo, and was rushing south to join in the Battle of the Coral Sea when she was recalled to Pearl to prepare for the Battle of Midway.
		USS Enterprise was severely damaged by a Kamikaze 14 May 1945, and repairs kept her out of service until the end of the war.
		However, the Enterprise Association was given only 6 months to raise the $2 million required to preserve her, and the museum effort never stood a chance.
	www.hazegray.org /features/enterprise (1020 words)

	USS Enterprise (CV-6) - RecipeFacts (Site not responding. Last check: )
		USS Enterprise (CV-6), the "Big E", was the sixth aircraft carrier of the United States Navy and the seventh US Navy ship of that name.
		Enterprise was launched 3 October 1936 at Newport News Shipbuilding, sponsored by Lulie Swanson, wife of Secretary of the Navy Claude A. Swanson, and commissioned 12 May 1938.
		On 28 May, the Enterprise sortied as the flagship of Rear Admiral Raymond A. Spruance, CTF-16, with orders "to hold Midway and inflict maximum damage on the enemy by strong attrition tactics." With Enterprise in TF 16 were Hornet, six cruisers, and 10 destroyers.
	www.recipeland.com:8080 /facts/USS_Enterprise_%28CV-6%29 (2832 words)

	USS Enterprise (CV-6)
		One of only three aircraft carriers commissioned prior to the war to survive the entire conflict (the others were USS Saratoga and USS Ranger) Enterprise has the distinction of earning 20 battle stars, the most for any warship in U.S. naval history.
		Enterprise entered Nouméa, New Caledonia, on 30 October, for repairs, but a new Japanese thrust at the Solomons demanded her presence and she sailed on 11 November, repair crews from Vestal (AR-4) still on board, working vigorously.
		Despite the destruction of a large majority of the attacking Japanese bombers by Enterprise planes, USS Chicago was sunk by aerial torpedoes.
	www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/u/us/uss_enterprise__cv_6_.html (2500 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: USS Nautilus (1799) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Nautilus was a schooner launched in 1799 and purchased by the United States Navy in 1803 as USS Nautilus, the first ship to bear that name.
		Altered to a brigantine, she was captured by the British during the War of 1812.
		USS Enterprise (1775, 1776, 1799, 1831, CV 6, CVN 65)
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/USS-Nautilus-%281799%29 (866 words)

	USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) - Non-canon Star Trek Wiki
		In October 2246, the Enterprise was the first Federation ship to reach Tarsus IV with food and supplies for the famine-stricken colony, however interference from the Klingons meant that the Enterprise was too late to stop the execution of 4,000 colonists at the hands of Kodos the Executioner.
		The Enterprise was disabled with the IKS Ghargh by the planet’s ruler, Weyland.
		The Voyages of the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) (2264 to 2270)
	startrek.wikia.com /wiki/USS_Enterprise_(NCC-1701) (2148 words)

	Enterprise (CV-6)
		Enterprise entered Noumea, New Caledonia, on 30 October for repairs, but a new Japanese thrust at the Solomons demanded her presence and she sailed on 11 November, repair crews from Vestal (AR-4) still on board, working vigorously.
		On 6 June 1944, the "Big E" and her companions of TG 58.3 sortied from Majuro to strike with the rest of TF 58, the Mariana Islands.
		Enterprise entered the New York Naval Shipyard on 18 January 1946 for inactivation, and was decommissioned on 17 February 1947.
	www.hazegray.org /danfs/carriers/cv6.htm (2388 words)

	USS Enterprise CV-6: 1942
		Enterprise, 1942 began much as 1941 had ended, as she patrolled the western approaches to the Hawaiian islands and periodically returned to Pearl Harbor for supplies, frustrating both brown shoes and bluejackets alike.
		Enterprise was battered and barely seaworthy, her men exhausted and their nerves raw.
		Over the course of the year, the Big E was struck six times by Japanese bombs, and more than 300 of her men were killed or wounded as a result.
	www.cv6.org /1942/1942.htm (549 words)

	USS Enterprise CV-6: 1943
		Enterprise was sent into the Coral Sea, to cover the landings of four transports full of men and supplies on Guadalcanal, part of the final push to drive the Japanese from the island.
		Her appearance in Pearl Harbor on November 6 reportedly caused one Admiral to declare "If Enterprise is ready to fight, so am I." She had returned to a new war.
		The desperate defensive battles of 1942, fought by a handful of carriers against staggering odds, were past, as the U.S. Navy prepared to embark on the most sustained naval offensive in history.
	www.cv6.org /1943/1943.htm (751 words)

	USS 'Enterprise' (CV-6) - Keegan
		The Enterprise (CV-6) was one of the carriers which fortuitously escaped destruction at Pearl Harbor, but her planes took part in the defence of the base.
		The Enterprise flew the flag of Rear Amiral Thomas C. Kinkaid at the invasion of Guadalcanal in August 1942 when her air group was responsible for defending the invasion area on 7-8 August.
		The Enterprise and her aircraft took part in the "island-hopping" campaign, and they were involved in the operations against the Gilbert Islands, Kwajalein, Truk, Hollandia, Palau, Iwo Jima and Saipan.
	www.angelfire.com /fm/odyssey/cv6enc.htm (733 words)

	Science Fair Projects - USS Enterprise
		The second Enterprise, a schooner, was a successful letter-of-marque before she was purchased on 20 December 1776 for the Continental Navy.
		The third Enterprise, a schooner, was built by Henry Spencer at Baltimore, Maryland, in 1799.
		The eighth Enterprise (CVN-65) was the world's first nuclear aircraft carrier, launched in 1960 and still on active service as of 2005.
	www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/USS_Enterprise (441 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/USS Thresher (SS-200)
		USS Thresher (SS-200), a Tambor-class submarine, was the first United States Navy ship to be named for the thresher shark.
		On 6 July one torpedo struck home during an attack on a tanker off Enijun Pass.
		Thresher was recommissioned on 6 February 1946 to be used as a target during atomic bomb test at Bikini Atoll in the Pacific.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/USS_Thresher_%28SS-200%29 (4801 words)

	USS Enterprise CV-6
		Enterprise had just completed one such mission, delivering Marine Corps Fighter Squadron 211 to Wake Island on 2 December 1941, and was en route to Hawaii when the Japanese attackedPearl Harbor.
		Enterprise entered Noumea, New Caledonia, on 30 October for repairs,but a new Japanese thrust at the Solomons demanded her presence and shesailed on 11 November, repair crews from Vestal (AR-4) still on board, workingvigorously.
		On 6 June 1944, the "Big E" and her companions of TG 58.3 sortiedfrom Majuro to strike with the rest of TF 58, the Mariana Islands.
	www.navyhistory.com /Cv6Enterprise.html (2109 words)

	USS Enterprise CV-6
		Enterprise entered World War II on the morning of December 7, 1941, when her scout planes encountered the Japanese squadrons attacking Pearl Harbor.
		Not until May 14, 1945, when a Kamikaze attack off Kyushu, Japan, left a gaping hole in her flight deck, was she forced to leave the war.
		Enterprise changed the very course of a war she seemed to have been expressly created for.
	www.cv6.org (193 words)

	History of Ships and Navies/CV-6 USS Enterprise
		The seventh Enterprise (CV-6) was launched 3 October 1936 by NewportNews Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Newport News, Va, sponsored by Mrs.
		Enterprise had just completedone such mission, delivering Marine Corps Fighter Squadron 211 to Wake Islandon 2 December 1941, and was en route to Hawaii when the Japanese attackedPearl Harbor.
		Enterprise put into Pearl Harborfor fuel and supplies on December and sailed early the next morning to patrolagainst possible additional attacks on the Hawaiian Islands.
	www.multied.com /NAVY/Enterprise.html (2073 words)

	USS Enterprise - Memory Alpha, the Star Trek Wiki
		USS Enterprise - Memory Alpha, the Star Trek Wiki
		There are several more vessels named Enterprise, and an article on Enterprise history.
		This is a disambiguation page; that is, one that points to other pages that might otherwise have the same name.
	www.memory-alpha.org /en/index.php/USS_Enterprise (118 words)

	USS San Diego Memorial
		USS San Diego (right) in Tokyo Bay: arriving to take possession of the Yokusuka Naval Base, August 27, 1945--the first major U.S. warship to enter the homeport of the Japanese Empire at the close of World War II.
		The USS San Diego (CL-53) Memorial Association, Inc., a nonprofit 501(3)c organization, was formed with the specific goal of erecting a permanent memorial on the waterfront of San Diego to honor the valiant and remarkable service of the cruiser USS San Diego and the men who served aboard it during World War II.
		The USS San Diego (CL-53) Memorial is located at Harbor Drive and the G Street Mole, one block south of Broadway, and is in close proximity to other naval related monuments in the area including the “Homecoming” sculpture, the “
	www.portofsandiego.org /sandiego_publicart/usssandiegomem.asp (1224 words)

	USS Enterprise CV-6 by Rick Cotton (Trumpeter 1/350)
		Enterprise was originally launched with a more squared-off, glassed-in bridge like her sister Yorktown, but a 1943 refit resulted in a rounded bridge with portholes, much like her later sister, Hornet.
		By 1944, Enterprise was positively infested by new AA guns, with many 40mm quad and twin mounts replacing her outdated, useless 1.1inch pre-war mounts, and numerous additional 20mm singles lining her catwalks, each behind a semi-circular shield of sheet metal armor.
		I decided to pose Enterprise in the midst of recovering her strike group at the end of the day, with just-recovered aircraft crammed forward and another coming in at the aft end.
	hsfeatures.com /features04/enterpriserc_1.htm (1190 words)

	Mirago : Regional: North America: United States: Government: Military: Navy: Ships: Aircraft Carrier: Multi-Purpose, ...
		USS Enterprise - Two Plant Propulsion Losers - Official website of the USS Enterprise Two Propulsion Plant "Losers" including Reactor Department and Engineering Department Personnel: RM22, RC22, RE22, EM22.
		USS Enterprise (CV-6) - The most decorated ship of the Second World War, Enterprise changed the very course of a war she seemed to have been expressly created for.
		USS Enterprise, Yankee Station 1971 - Photos taken during the Vietnam War aboard Enterprise on Yankee Station, South China Sea, plus a few shots of Subic Naval Base, Philipines.
	www.miragorobot.com /scripts/dir.aspx?cat=Top%2fRegional%2fNorth_America%2fUnited_States%2fGovernment%2fMilitary%2fNavy%2fShips%2fAircraft_Carrier%2fMulti-Purpose%2c_Nuclear_Propelled%2fUSS_Enterprise (230 words)

	USS Enterprise CV-6 Association
		Enterprise CV-6 are humbly proud of her gallant record.
		Enterprise CV-6 Association was formed and chartered in Chicago, Illinois, in 1954 by a few veterans of service in the Big E in World War II.
		Enterprise, ship's company or air group squadrons are issued Regular Memberships, their immediate families Associate Memberships, and all others Affiliate Memberships.
	www.cv6.org /site/association.htm (739 words)

	The Carrier Project - CV-8 USS Hornet
		Although the patrol is sunk by the cruiser CL-43 USS Nashville, she has time to radio a warning.
		SBD "Dauntless" dive bombers from USS Hornet (CV-8) approaching the burning Japanese heavy cruiser Mikuma to make the third set of attacks on her, during the early afternoon of 6 June 1942.
		Mikuma had been hit earlier by strikes from Hornet and USS Enterprise (CV-6), leaving her dead in the water and fatally damaged.
	home.grandecom.net /~cvproj/cv08.htm (1251 words)

	USN Ships--USS Enterprise (CV-6)
		In April 1939, Enterprise was ordered to the Pacific, where she was to play an unparalleled role in the great sea war that began with Japan's 7 December 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor.
		In June 1942, Enterprise played a vital role in the Battle of Midway, in which her planes sank or helped sink three Japanese aircraft carriers and a cruiser.
		At the end of 1944 Enterprise received a special night operations air group, with which she took part in the Luzon campaign, strikes in the South China Sea, the Iwo Jima invasion, raids on the Japanese home islands and the Okinawa campaign.
	138.147.50.20 /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-e/cv6.htm (1261 words)

	USS Enterprise (CV-6) - Definition, explanation
		USS Enterprise (CV-6) was the sixth aircraft carrier of the United States Navy and the seventh US Navy ship of that name.
		The USS Enterprise was launched 3 October 1936 at Newport News Shipbuilding, sponsored by Lulie Swanson, wife of Secretary of the Navy Claude A. Swanson, and commissioned 12 May 1938 with Captain Newton H. White, Jr in command.
		USS Enterprise CV-6 at the Battle of Midway: account of the...
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/u/us/uss_enterprise__cv_6_.php (2631 words)

	Trafford Publishing: From The Prairies Of Chicago (Site not responding. Last check: )
		It was an honor and a privilege to have served aboard the USS Enterprise (CV-6) during WWII.
		We were told by high command that Enterprise was still needed, not only because of our great fighting record, but also because the fleet was overjoyed whenever Enterprise came over the horizon to join them in battle.
		Enterprise was engaged in and supporting every one of these islands earlier in the war.
	www.trafford.com /4dcgi/view-item?item=1461&271193034-24933aaa (852 words)

	USS Midway (CV 41)
		USS MIDWAY suffers a fire which originates in the exhaust ventilation system, quickly spreads through the 3A boiler uptakes on the second deck, and terminates in the main uptake space.
		USS MIDWAY experiences two explosions in an emergency equipment storeroom while operating off Japan, killing 2 and seriously injuring 9 with burns covering from 14 to 80 percent of their bodies.
		USS MIDWAY was the first carrier to be "forward deployed" in a foreign country, sailing for 17 years out of Yokosuka, Japan.
	navysite.de /cvn/cv41.htm (3388 words)

	Star Trek News!: USS Enterprise - Memory AlphaUSS Enterprise CV-6 ·
		USS Enterprise CV-6 andmiddot; USS Enterprise CVN-65 andmiddot; UFP Starfleet andmiddot; USS Enterprise NCC-1701 andmiddot; USS Enterprise NCC-1701-A andmiddot; USS Enterprise NCC-1701-B...
		The USS Enterprise (CVN-65) is the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and was my home for four...
		USS Independence (CVA-62) (foreground) and USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) rendezvous in the Indian...
	www.worlds-of-wonder.com /trekblog/2006/02/uss-enterprise-memory-alphauss.html (381 words)

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