USS Enterprise

1936 Yorktown-class aircraft carrier. 
CVS-6, The Big E

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aircraft carrier, United States Navy, Yorktown-class aircraft carrier, Newport News Shipbuilding, United States, length: 234.7 metre, length: 251.4 metre, draft: 7.9 metre, beam: 33.4 metre, mass: 32060 tonne, mass: 21000 tonne, 80 aircraft, 
See also USS Enterprise (2025), USS Enterprise (1960), USS Enterprise (1831), USS Enterprise (1775), USS Enterprise (1874), USS Enterprise (http)

• Freebase entry^@
• Drachinifel article^@
• uboat.net article^@
• NavSource Naval History^@
  

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1934-07-16T00:00:00Z

keel laying 1934

1933-01-01T00:00:00Z

order 1933

1960-03-01T00:00:00Z

ship breaking 1960

1938-05-12T00:00:00Z

ship commissioning 1938

1947-02-17T00:00:00Z

ship decommissioning 1947

1936-10-03T00:00:00Z

ship launching 1936

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Frameless

Bomb explodes alongside of USS Enterprise (CV-6) during the Battle of Santa Cruz Islands, 26 October 1942 (80-G-30203)

Bomb explodes near USS Enterprise (CV-6) during the Battle of Santa Cruz Islands, 26 October 1942 (80-G-30202)

Douglas SBD-2 Dauntless of VS-6 in flight over USS Enterprise (CV-6) on 27 October 1941 (80-G-6678)

Puget Sound Naval Shipyard aerial photo 1940

USS English (DD-696), USS Hancock (CV-19) and USS Enterprise (CV-6) underway in the Pacific Ocean, circa in January 1945 (80-G-470281)

USS Enterprise (CV-6) aft view at Pearl Harbor in May 1942

USS Enterprise (CV-6) at Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides, in April 1943 (80-G-64191)

USS Enterprise (CV-6) at Nouméa on 21 November 1942 (19-N-47849)

USS Enterprise (CV-6) at Pearl Harbor, circa March 1942

USS Enterprise (CV-6) at anchor, circa 1940 (19-N-29688)

USS Enterprise (CV-6) at anchor, circa in 1939 (NNAM.1996.488.272.001)

USS Enterprise (CV-6) at anchor, circa in 1944

USS Enterprise (CV-6) at high speed on 4 June 1942

USS Enterprise (CV-6) burning during the Battle of the Eastern Solomons, 24 August 1942 (80-G-288800)

USS Enterprise (CV-6) underway and burning during the Battle of the Eastern Solomons, 24 August 1942 (80-G-288799)

USS Enterprise (CV-6) underway at high speed on 4 June 1942 (80-G-32225)

USS Enterprise (CV-6) underway in Puget Sound on 13 September 1945

USS Enterprise (CV-6) underway on 6 April 1938 (80-G-463049)

USS Enterprise (CV-6) under attack by Japanese Aichi D3A2 dive bombers during the Battle of the Eastern Solomons, 24 August 1942 (80-G-288807)

USS Enterprise (CV-6), USS Washington (BB-56) and USS North Carolina (BB-55) docked at Panama, in early October 1945 (80-G-K-6581)

USS Essex (CV-9) at Majuro Atoll on 2 March 1944

USS Saratoga (CV-3) and USS Monterey (CVL-26) underway in late 1943

USS Yorktown (CV-5) and USS Enterprise (CV-6) under construction at Newport News Shipbuilding, circa in 1936 (19-LC-Box 24)

Type	Date	Description	Keywords	Notes	Source
link		Freebase entry@			Wikidata
link		Drachinifel article@			Wikidata
link		uboat.net article@			Wikidata
link		NavSource Naval History@			Wikidata
incident	1934	keel laying			Wikidata
incident	1933	order			Wikidata
incident	1960	ship breaking			Wikidata
incident	1938	ship commissioning			Wikidata
incident	1947	ship decommissioning			Wikidata
incident	1936	ship launching			Wikidata
image		Bomb explodes alongside of USS Enterprise (CV-6) during the Battle of Santa Cruz Islands, 26 October 1942 (80-G-30203)			Wikimedia
image		Bomb explodes near USS Enterprise (CV-6) during the Battle of Santa Cruz Islands, 26 October 1942 (80-G-30202)			Wikimedia
image		Douglas SBD-2 Dauntless of VS-6 in flight over USS Enterprise (CV-6) on 27 October 1941 (80-G-6678)			Wikimedia
image		Puget Sound Naval Shipyard aerial photo 1940			Wikimedia
image		USS English (DD-696), USS Hancock (CV-19) and USS Enterprise (CV-6) underway in the Pacific Ocean, circa in January 1945 (80-G-470281)			Wikimedia
image		USS Enterprise (CV-6) aft view at Pearl Harbor in May 1942			Wikimedia
image		USS Enterprise (CV-6) at Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides, in April 1943 (80-G-64191)			Wikimedia
image		USS Enterprise (CV-6) at Nouméa on 21 November 1942 (19-N-47849)			Wikimedia
image		USS Enterprise (CV-6) at Pearl Harbor, circa March 1942			Wikimedia
image		USS Enterprise (CV-6) at anchor, circa 1940 (19-N-29688)			Wikimedia
image		USS Enterprise (CV-6) at anchor, circa in 1939 (NNAM.1996.488.272.001)			Wikimedia
image		USS Enterprise (CV-6) at anchor, circa in 1944			Wikimedia
image		USS Enterprise (CV-6) at high speed on 4 June 1942			Wikimedia
image		USS Enterprise (CV-6) burning during the Battle of the Eastern Solomons, 24 August 1942 (80-G-288800)			Wikimedia
image		USS Enterprise (CV-6) underway and burning during the Battle of the Eastern Solomons, 24 August 1942 (80-G-288799)			Wikimedia
image		USS Enterprise (CV-6) underway at high speed on 4 June 1942 (80-G-32225)			Wikimedia
image		USS Enterprise (CV-6) underway in Puget Sound on 13 September 1945			Wikimedia
image		USS Enterprise (CV-6) underway on 6 April 1938 (80-G-463049)			Wikimedia
image		USS Enterprise (CV-6) under attack by Japanese Aichi D3A2 dive bombers during the Battle of the Eastern Solomons, 24 August 1942 (80-G-288807)			Wikimedia
image		USS Enterprise (CV-6), USS Washington (BB-56) and USS North Carolina (BB-55) docked at Panama, in early October 1945 (80-G-K-6581)			Wikimedia
image		USS Essex (CV-9) at Majuro Atoll on 2 March 1944			Wikimedia
image		USS Saratoga (CV-3) and USS Monterey (CVL-26) underway in late 1943			Wikimedia
image		USS Yorktown (CV-5) and USS Enterprise (CV-6) under construction at Newport News Shipbuilding, circa in 1936 (19-LC-Box 24)			Wikimedia

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