USS Enterprise (CV-6) was a Yorktown-class carrier built for the United States Navy during the 1930s. She was the seventh U.S. Navy vessel of that name...
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section patrol craft USS Enterprise (CV-6), an aircraft carrier (1938–1947), the most decorated U.S. ship of World War II USS Enterprise (CVN-65), the world's...
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The Enterprise Air Group was established on 1 July 1938, encompassing all squadrons embarked in USS Enterprise (CV-6). The group was divided into four...
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36°58′50″N 76°26′18″W / 36.9805°N 76.4384°W / 36.9805; -76.4384 USS Enterprise (CVN-65), formerly CVA(N)-65, is a decommissioned United States Navy...
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States Navy during World War II. Stationed on the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise, Best led his dive bomber squadron at the 1942 Battle of Midway, sinking...
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96. Air International March 1990, p. 155. Doll 1967, pp. 7–8. "USS Enterprise CV-6: The Most Decorated Ship of the Second World War, p. 2." cv6.org...
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McClusky (1902–1976) who as a lieutenant commander led the air group of USS Enterprise (CV-6), which sank the Japanese carriers Kaga and Akagi during the Battle...
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USS Hornet (CV-8), the seventh U.S. Navy vessel of that name, was a Yorktown-class aircraft carrier of the United States Navy. During World War II in the...
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Carrier Air Wing Six (redirect from CVG-6)
disestablished after the first year of the conflict. During its time in USS Enterprise (CV-6), it was the Navy's only carrier-based air group to carry out three...
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section patrol craft USS Enterprise (CV-6) (1936), a Yorktown-class aircraft carrier, and the most decorated U.S. Navy ship USS Enterprise (CVN-65) (1961)...
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squadrons of the Enterprise Air Group which had been disestablished on 1 September 1942 and was initially assigned to USS Enterprise (CV-6). Due to the manner...
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USS Ticonderoga (CV/CVA/CVS-14) was one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers built during World War II for the United States Navy. The ship was the fourth...
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Nimitz, Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet, aboard the aircraft carrier Enterprise (CV-6) at anchor in Pearl Harbor. Nimitz presented Miller with the Navy Cross...
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Group 58: USS Enterprise (CV-6) USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) USS Hornet (CV-12) USS Yorktown (CV-10) USS Lexington (CV-16) USS Monterey (CV-26) USS Belleau Wood...
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named Enterprise with a ninth currently under construction: USS Enterprise (BLDG 7115) – U.S. Navy training facility and simulator (2005–2011) USS Enterprise...
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(APA-41) USS England (DE-635) USS Enterprise (CV-6) USS Essex (CV-9) USS Evans (DD-552) USS Facility (AM-233) HMS Formidable (67) USS Forrest (DD-461) USS Franklin...
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(e.g. Korean War service, Vietnam War service). Yarnall, Paul. "USS ENTERPRISE (CV-6)". Retrieved 4 May 2012. "San Diego LPD-22". Dictionary of American...
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and completed shortly before World War II, the Yorktown (CV-5), Enterprise (CV-6), and Hornet (CV-8). They immediately followed Ranger, the first U.S. aircraft...
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city of Dallas. "The Big E" – USS Enterprise (CV-6) and USS Enterprise (CVN-65) "The Big J" – USS New Jersey "Big John" – USS John F. Kennedy "Big Lizzie"...
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designations for carriers were established, limiting the CV designation to USS Saratoga, USS Enterprise, and the Essex class. The new designations were CVB...
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Plane and Squadron Commander of Torpedo Squadron SIX (VT-6), attached to the USS Enterprise (CV-6), during the "Air Battle of Midway," against enemy Japanese...
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of Bombing Squadron 3 (VB-3) aboard USS Saratoga. He flew with his squadron off USS Enterprise, while escorting USS Hornet on the Doolittle Raid. Leslie...
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assigned to command the Carrier Division Eleven for USS Enterprise CV-6, USS Saratoga CV-3 and USS Ranger CV-4 respectively. He retired as Deputy Chief of Naval...
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star, "the Gray Ghost of Gonzaga" USS Enterprise (CV-6), US Aircraft Carrier USS Pensacola (CA-24), US Heavy Cruiser USS Iowa (BB-61), US Battleship RMS...
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and Air Group Commander of Enterprise Air Group, attached to the USS Enterprise (CV-6), during the Battle of Midway on 6 June 1942. On receipt of a report...
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35,000 pounds. Enterprise will also incorporate four portholes taken from CV-6, her World War II predecessor. Enterprise will replace USS Dwight D. Eisenhower...
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aboard USS Enterprise (CV-6). A graduate of the United States Naval Academy, he became the first captain of the newly commissioned USS Enterprise (CVN-65)...
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was assigned to Scouting Squadron Six (VS-6), the scout-bombing squadron assigned to USS Enterprise (CV-6). Kleiss and the other Scouting Six pilots...
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attacked the US carriers, USS Hornet (CV-8) and USS Enterprise (CV-6), in which the former was later sunk, while Enterprise was heavily damaged. He subsequently...
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carriers USS Enterprise (CV-6), USS Bunker Hill (CV-17), USS Hornet (CV-12), USS Yorktown (CV-10), USS Lexington (CV-16), USS Monterey (CVL-26), USS Belleau...
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