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112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 630 

Congratulating the Navy and the current and former officers and crew of 

the U.S.S. Enterprise (CVN 65) on completion of the 26th and final 

deployment of the vessel. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 2, 2013 

Mr. WARNER (for himself, Mr. WEBB, Mr. MCCAIN, and Mr. WICKER) 

submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to 

RESOLUTION 

Congratulating the Navy and the current and former officers 

and crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise (CVN 65) on completion of the 26th and final deployment of the vessel. 

Whereas, on November 4, 2012, the U.S.S. Enterprise returned to her homeport of Norfolk, Virginia, after completing the 26th and final deployment of the vessel; 

Whereas the U.S.S. Enterprise, the first nuclear powered aircraft carrier to serve the United States, was inactivated 

on December 1, 2012, after more than 51 years in active 

service to the Navy and the Nation; 

Whereas the U.S.S. Enterprise is the 8th vessel to bear that 

name and justly and rightfully maintained the honor and 

tradition of those vessels that previously bore the name; 


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Whereas the U.S.S. Enterprise participated in the embargo 

of the island of Cuba ordered by President John Kennedy 

in the fall of 1962, helping to prevent an escalation of 

that crisis; 

Whereas the U.S.S. Enterprise conducted multiple deployments in support of combat operations during the Vietnam War; 

Whereas the U.S.S. Enterprise, upon receiving the news of 

the September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States 

while returning home from a six-month deployment, immediately reversed course and was deployed in the Arabian Sea; 

Whereas the U.S.S. Enterprise launched hundreds of air 

strikes into Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom throughout October 2001 to destroy Taliban 

and al Qaeda targets; 

Whereas the U.S.S. Enterprise deployed six times over the 

last 11 years to conduct combat operations in support of 

Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom; and 

Whereas the U.S.S. Enterprise and the 10 Nimitz-class aircraft carriers of the Navy have proven the wisdom and 

value of nuclear powered aircraft carriers, which have 

played crucial roles across the range of military operations, from humanitarian assistance to combat operations, including operations in Iraq and Afghanistan 

since the beginnings of hostilities, providing, from the 

sea, unparalleled precision strike, close air support, and 

surveillance in support of ground combat operations: 

Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 


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1 (1) congratulates the Navy and the many crews 

2 of the U.S.S. Enterprise (CVN 65) on having pro3 vided the United States an incalculable service in 

4 international relations and engagement and in the 

5 prevention and winning of armed conflicts over the 

6 51-year period of the service of the U.S.S. Enter7 prise; 

8 (2) honors the service and memory of the 117 

9 Sailors who made the ultimate sacrifice for their 

10 country while serving onboard U.S.S. Enterprise, in11 cluding the 30 that were killed in action during the 

12 Vietnam War; 

13 (3) honors the service of the 22 U.S.S. Enter14 prise Sailors who were held as Prisoners of War dur15 ing the Vietnam War, the 3 who died in captivity, 

16 and the 3 that are still listed as missing-in-action; 

17 and 

18 (4) congratulates the nearly 100,000 current 

19 and former Sailors and thousands of current and 

20 former Marines who have served on the U.S.S. En21 terprise and thanks them for the selfless sacrifice 

22 they made in service to the United States. 

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