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USS Enterprise, CV-6, Commissioned 1938
Posted: May 12, 2011“Sleep softly my old love, my beauty in the dark, night is a dream we have, as you know as you know…” M. S. Merwin USS Enterprise, CV-6, was commissioned […]
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First U.S. Carrier Offensive 01 February 1942
Posted: Feb 01, 2011Not content to wait for the next Japanese attack, Admiral Chester Nimitz sent two of his warrior admirals out to hit back less than two months after the surprise attack […]
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Hydraulic catapults enter Navy service 1934
Posted: Nov 15, 2010On 15 November 1934, the Bureau of Naval Aeronautics established plans to install hydraulic, flush-deck catapults on the USS Yorktown (CV-5) and USS Enterprise (CV-6). The Type H, Mark I […]
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68th Anniversary – Victory at Midway!
Posted: Jun 04, 2010Today sixty-eight years ago, the United States’ Navy brought an end to Japanese domination of the Pacific by sinking four (Akagi, Kaga, Hiryu and Soryu) of her ten aircraft carriers […]