There are two Ford-class carriers already serving in the US Navy: The first of its class and namesake, Gerald R. Ford, and the USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79). The USS Enterprise (CVN-80) is expected ...

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 ...

With estimated dimensions of 1,106 feet (337 m) in length, a 134 foot (41 m) beam, and a 39 foot (12 m) draft, CVN-80's dimensions fit fairly comfortably into that of its predecessor CVN-65.

Instead, the next Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier, CVN-80, would also be named the USS Enterprise. The forthcoming Enterprise's construction began in August 2017, and it was meant to enter ...

The decommissioning of CVN-65 was not the end of USS Enterprise. CVN-80, the third Ford-class carrier, will bear the name Enterprise and carry on the legacy of these ships in the Navy.

USS Enterprise (CVN-65) was inactivated on Dec. 1 after 5 decades of service. From her commissioning as the world’s first nuclear powered aircraft carrier in November of 1961 to her final ...

When the USS Enterprise (CVN 65) sailed away from Norfolk, Virginia, on its maiden voyage in 1962, it was the world’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, and the eighth Enterprise in a long ...

Former USS Enterprise (CVN 65) Enterprise-class aircraft carrier in Newport News, Virginia with future Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) – February 16, 2025 # ...

The USS Enterprise (CV-6) was a Yorktown-class aircraft carrier. She was much smaller than its successors, weighing in at only 32,000 tons under a full load. She was 908 feet long and housed over ...

Proceedings, December 2012 In early November the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN-65) returned home to Norfolk, Virginia, to prepare for her December 2012 inactivation. Her final deployment ...

The U.S. Navy has an Enterprise problem – actually two of them. The future Gerald R. Ford-class supercarrier USS Enterprise (CVN-80) is currently on track to be delivered a year and a half later ...