U.S.S. Enterprise
CV-6
1944
(Neptun 1314aT)
- Class: Yorktown - 2 aircraft carriers of 1933
- Displacement: 19,900 tons
- Dimensions: 761(wl) 809.5(oa) x 83.25 x 21.75 ft.
- Machinery: 4-shaft geared turbines, S.H.P. 120,000 = 34 knots
- Armament: 8-5"/38 (8x1), 40-40mm (6x4+8x2), 48-20mm AA guns
- Aircraft: 100
- Complement: 2,200
- Builder: Newport News
- Keel Laid: 16 Jul 1934
- Launched: 3 Oct 1936
- Commissioned: 12 May 1938
- Decommissioned: 17 Feb 1947
- Actions: Pearl Harbor (aircraft only), Doolittle Raid, Midway, Guadalcanal landings, Eastern Solomons (damaged), Santa Cruz (damaged), Battle of Guadalcanal, Gilbert Is., Kwajalein, Truk raid, Hollandia, Saipan, Philippine Sea, Palau, Leyte Gulf, Iwo Jima, Okinawa (Kamikaze 11 Apr 45 and 13 Apr 45), Pacific raids 1942-45. Awarded Presidential Unit Citation and 20 battle stars for her service, making her the most heavily decorated ship in the US Navy. Shown here in Measure 33/4AB Light Pattern System camouflage.
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