What You Need to Know: The USS Enterprise was the most decorated aircraft carrier of World War II, playing a crucial role in major Pacific battles. Known as "The Big E" and later "The Grey Ghost ...

The USS Enterprise ... through the World War II wringer. Japanese bombs exploding off the Enterprise's port side during the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands in October 1942. The carrier was ...

The USS Enterprise (CV-6) is by far the most decorated ship in the U.S. Navy to come out of World War II. It was originally commissioned in 1938 as a Yorktown-class aircraft carrier, and it would ...

The Big E” completed 25 deployments during 51 years of service, according to Naval History and Heritage Command.

One US aircraft carrier in particular should be remembered as the greatest carrier in history. Enterprise participated ... that the aircraft carrier did in WW2.

That vessel, designated CV-6, was a Yorktown-class aircraft carrier that served with distinction throughout World War II, and her record speaks for itself. The USS Enterprise was the most ...

USS Enterprise (CV-6), the most decorated ... and subsequently sold for scrap in 1975. The first of two aircraft carriers in WWII to be named Wasp, the ship was commissioned in 1940 and lost ...

Then, it was the scene of a major World War II battle between the U.S. and the Imperial Japanese Navies. For the U.S. aircraft carrier the USS Hornet, it would be her last battle. Now, researchers ...

A mysterious military vehicle located three miles underwater aboard the shipwrecked World War II-era ... Six from the USS Enterprise. The USS Yorktown retrieved two Enterprise aircraft that ...

It seems fighter planes and bombers weren't the only vehicles aboard a famous U.S. Navy aircraft carrier that was sunk during World War II. A crew exploring the USS Yorktown at the bottom of the ...

USS Enterprise: The Most Decorated Carrier of World War II World War II was a turning point for naval warfare.Not only were the scope and scale of the naval conflict massive, with American forces ...