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CVN-65 USS Enterprise

123k Inuyasha8215  2.7 years ago

My first nuclear supercarrier :D

USS Enterprise (CVN-65), formerly CVAN-65, is a decommissioned United States Navy aircraft carrier. She was the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and the eighth United States naval vessel to bear the name. Like her predecessor of World War II fame, she is nicknamed "Big E". At 1,123 feet (342 m), she is the longest naval vessel ever built. Her 93,284-long-ton (94,781 t) displacement ranks her as the 12th-heaviest carrier, after the ten carriers of the Nimitz class and USS Gerald R. Ford. Enterprise had a crew of some 4,600 service members.

Ordered to assist the Project Mercury Program in February 1962, she tracked and measured the flight of the first American orbital spaceflight, Friendship 7. During the Cuban Missile Crisis that October, Enterprise participated in the blockade of Cuba. Along with USS Bainbridge (DLGN-25) and USS Long Beach (CGN-9), she was part of the nuclear-task force, Operation Sea Orbit, from May to October 1964, circumnavigating the globe without refueling. Following this cruise, Enterprise was redesignated CVAN-65, "aircraft carrier, attack, nuclear-powered", and was deployed in November 1965 for service in the Vietnam War, becoming the first nuclear-powered ship to engage in combat by utilizing her aircraft against the Viet Cong. On January 14, 1969, an accident involving a F-4 Phantom on her flight deck resulted on 27 Sailors killed and 314 injured. After repairs, Enterprise continued to serve off Vietnam until 1973 and assisted in Operation Frequent Wind, the evacuation of Saigon, in April 1975. She was redesignated back to CVN-65, "aircraft carrier, multi-mission, nuclear-powered" as part of a fleet-wide realignment that year. Deployed mainly in the Pacific and Indian oceans during the late 1970s and early 1980s, she entered the Mediterranean in April 1986 to assist in Operation El Dorado Canyon, the bombing of Libya. Two years later, she was assigned to Operation Earnest Will, escorting merchant Kuwaiti tankers in the Persian Gulf. Following a lengthy overhaul, Enterprise returned to sea duty in September 1994 and enforced no-fly zones in Operation Joint Endeavor off Bosnia and Operation Southern Watch over Iraq. In 1998, she successfully attacked Iraqi targets in Operation Desert Fox. To assist in the war against terrorism, she participated, beginning in 2001, in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom and underwent further refurbishments and deployments until deactivated in 2012. Enterprise was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on February 3, 2017, and is currently awaiting nuclear recycling.

Controls:
Throttle: Drive carrier
AG1+Throttle: Drive carrier reverse
Yaw: Steer carrier

General Characteristics

  • Successors 3 airplane(s) +14 bonus
  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 268.1ft (81.7m)
  • Length 1123.4ft (342.4m)
  • Height 237.6ft (72.4m)
  • Empty Weight N/A
  • Loaded Weight N/A

Performance

  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.019
  • Wing Loading N/A
  • Wing Area 0.0ft2 (0.0m2)
  • Drag Points 184

Parts

  • Number of Parts 241
  • Control Surfaces 0
  • Performance Cost 737
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    O W A R I D A !
    wait, wrong Enterprise...

    +1 2 months ago
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    26.0k Kendog84

    This is just... incredible. Thanks for this ship, i can have a lot of fun with this!

    +2 2.7 years ago
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    5,047 Lem113

    Very good aircraft carrier

    +1 2.7 years ago
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    The fact this CV has only 241 parts is terrifying

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    40.6k DTMF

    Very good

    +1 2.7 years ago