USS Enterprise (CVN-65)

USS Enterprise (CVN-65), formerly CVA(N)-65, is a decommissioned United States Navy aircraft carrier. In 1958, she became the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in the United States Navy and the world, as well as the eighth United States naval vessel to have the Enterprise name. At , she is the longest naval vessel ever built and the only ship of her class, which was originally planned to have five other ships. Enterprise had a crew of some 4,600 service members.

Enterprise was, at the time of inactivation, the third-oldest commissioned vessel in the United States Navy after the wooden-hulled  and . She became inactive on 1 December 2012, and officially decommissioned on 3 February 2017. She was replaced by the USS Gerald R. Ford.

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