Enterprise 1963
Enterprise 1968
Enterprise 1990
Enterprise 2000
Enterprise 2004
| No | Name | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comm | Fate |
| CVAN65, 6.1975- CVN65 | Enterprise | 546 | Newport News | 4.2.1958 | 24.9.1960 | 25.11.1961 | stricken 2.2017 |
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Displacement standard, t |
71277 |
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Displacement full, t |
89084 |
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Length, m |
317.1 wl 342.4 oa |
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Breadth, m |
40.5 wl 77.7 ext |
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Draught, m |
11.3 |
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No of shafts |
4 |
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Machinery |
4 sets Westinghouse geared steam turbines, 8 Westinghouse A2W reactors |
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Power, h. p. |
280000 |
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Max speed, kts |
32 |
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Fuel, t |
nuclear |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | practically unlimited |
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Armour, mm |
presumably: belt summary: 150, flight deck: 45, gallery deck: 25, hangar deck: 37, main deck: 37, torpedo bulkhead: 76 |
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Armament |
~90 aircraft (FJ, F2H, F9F, F3H, F4D, F8U, F4H fighters, AD, A3D, A4D attackers, F2H-P, F9F-P, OE, A3D-P, F8U-P, F4H-P recon planes, AD-Q, F3D-Q, A3D-Q ECM planes, AD-W, WF EW planes, S2F ASW planes, TF cargo planes, HRS, HUP, HSS, HUS, HOK, HUK, HUL, HR2S, HSS-2 helicopters) |
| Sensors |
SPS-10, SPS-32, SPS-33, SPN-6, SPN-10, SPN-12 radars, ULQ-6 ECM suite |
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Complement |
5287 |
Aircraft facilities (fd - 20,400 m², ha - 6,537 m² / 49,680 m³): Flight deck: 331.6 x 77.7m. Hangar: 223.1 x 29.3 x 7.60 m. There were 4 deck-edge elevators (40t, 21.4/25.9 x 15.9m). There were 4 C13 catapults. Aircraft fuel stowage: 363 300 l of petrol and 9 380 000 l of JP-5 jet fuel. Aviation ordnance stowage was 1800t (since early 1970s 2524t).
| Year | fighters | attackers | recon, EW, ECM | ASW and auxiliary | helicopters |
| 1966 | 24 F-4B | 24 A-4C, 12 A-6A, 6 A-3B | 3 RA-5C, 3 RA-3B, 3 EA-3B, 4 E-2A | - | 4 UH-2A |
| 1975 | 24 F-14A | 24 A-7E, 12 A-6A | 3 RA-5C, 4 EA-6B, 4 E-2A | 4 KA-6D, 10 S-3A | 8 SH-3H |
| 1999 | 20 F-14A, 36 F/A-18A/C | --- | 4 EA-6B, 4 E-2C | 6 S-3A | 4 SH-60F |
| 2003 | 10 F-14B, 12 F/A-18A+, 24 F/A-18C | --- | 4 EA-6B, 4 E-2C | 8 S-3B | 6 SH-60F, 2 HH-60H |
| 2006 | 24 F/A-18E/F, 24 F/A-18A/C | 4 EA-6B, 4E-2C | 2 C-2A | 6 SH-60F/HH-60H |
Project history: Probably the most spectacular warship of her time, Enterprise was the first US nuclear carrier. Her size was dictated by her power plant: although it was not much heavier than equivalent weights for a conventional ship, she still had to carry a large liquid load for underwater protection, and that load greatly increased her displacement. Since it could be used for aircraft fuel, it allowed her to operate an unusually large air group. Reportedly she can sustain twelve days of intense air operations without replenishment. Again, since she was already an outstandingly capable ship, she received other innovative equipment, such as electronically scanned main radars (SPS-32 and SPS-33), with a conventional radar as backup. Although space and weight for Terrier (as in CVA 63, 64 and 66) was provided, the missile was not fitted, in an effort to hold costs down. Her aviation fuel stowage reflected the requirements of underwater protection rather than air group operations; in earlier ships aviation fuel stowage was balanced with ship endurance fuel stowage in side protection spaces, and from time to time, it was proposed that ship boilers be modified to burn aviation fuel (JP-5). Aviation ordnance capacity was 2520t, compared to about 2000t in non-nuclear carriers.
Like Nimitz, Enterprise has an integrated CIC/ASW command centre (ASCAC).
Ship protection: Armour protection consisted of 4 protected decks and distributed vertical armour (side armour and longitudinal bulkheads). Also there was a box-shaped protection of magazines and vital zones. Underwater protection included 5 longitudinal bulkheads (4th bulkhead was 76mm-thick). Bottom was also protected.
Modernizations: 1960s: - SPN-6 radar, ULQ-6 ECM suite; + SPN-35A radar, WLR-1, WLR-3, WLR-11 ECM suite
9/1966: + 2 x 8 Sea Sparrow SAM (16 RIM-7), 2x Mk 51, SPS-58 radars
1968: + SPS-12 radar
2/1982: - 2 x 8 Sea Sparrow SAM (Mk 25 launcher), 2x Mk 51, SPS-12, SPS-32, SPS-33, SPS-10, SPS-58, SPN-10, SPN-12 radars, WLR-3 ECM suite; + 3 x 8 Sea Sparrow SAM (Mk 57 launcher) (24 RIM-7), 3 x 6 - 20/76 Mk 15 Phalanx, LN-66, 6x Mk 95, SPS-48C, SPS-49, SPS-65, SPN-41, SPN-42, SPN-44, 3x Mk 90 radas, WLR-8, SLQ-17(v)4 ECM suites (forming SLQ-29 system), 4x Mk 36 SRBOC decoy RL, TFCC, upgraded NTDS, ASCAC
early 1990s: - LN-66, SPS-48C, SPS-49, SPS-65, SPN-35A, SPN-42 radars, SLQ-29 ECM suite; + SPS-73, SPS-64(v)9, SPS-67(v)1, SPS-48E, SPS-49(v)5, SPN-43A, 2x SPN-46, Mk 23 TAS radars, WLR-1H(v)7, SLQ-32(v)4 ECM suites, 4x Mk 35 SRBOC decoy RL, SLQ-25A SSTDS torpedo decoy
10/2005: - 1 x 6 - 20/76, 1x Mk 90 radar; + 2 x 21 RAM SAM (42 RIM-116)
Naval service: No significant events.
Enterprise 1977
Enterprise 2001
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