As of August 2024, three aircraft carriers have been named "Enterprise," though none currently sail. The first carrier to be named USS Enterprise entered into active service for the Navy in 1938.
President Biden on Monday announced that two future U.S. aircraft carriers will be named after two men who preceded him into ...
What You Need to Know: The USS Enterprise (CVN-65) was the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and the eighth U.S.
Two new aircraft carriers will be named after Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, continuing the Navy convention of naming them ...
Modern U.S. Navy aircraft carriers have typically been named after U.S. presidents, though there have been a few notable exceptions -- the USS Enterprise, USS Nimitz and the USS John C.
The next nuclear-powered aircraft ... carriers are under construction and will be commissioned ahead of the Clinton and W. Bush. They are the future USS John F. Kennedy (CVN 79), future USS ...
The next generation of aircraft carrier, the Gerald R. Ford class (CVN 78) was ordered in 2008 and is slated to be delivered in 2016 as the force structure replacement for USS ENTERPRISE (EX-CVN ...