USS Enterprise (CV-6)

The Yorktown class aircraft carrier, USS Enterprise (CV-6) was commissioned at Newport News, Virginia, on May 12, 1938.   Relocating to the Pacific, she was at sea during the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.   Three days after, she became the first U.S. Navy warship to sink a Japanese warship, submarine I-70, and later that month participated in the Wake Island expedition.  In April, Enterprise covered the Dootlittle Raid on Japan and participated in the Battle of Midway that June, where her planes helped sink three Japanese aircraft carriers and a cruiser.   During the Guadalcanal Campaign, she covered the landings and participated in the battles of Eastern Solomons and Santa Cruz Islands.   Despite being damaged in both battles, she launched aircraft to assist the ships involved in the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal.    In late 1943 and early 1944, Enterprise took part in the Gilberts and Marshall invasions and air attacks on the Japanese in the Central and Southern Pacific.   In the summer of 1944, she participated in the Marianas operation and the Battle of the Philippine Sea, followed with the largest naval battle in history, the Battle of Leyte Gulf in October.    In February 1945, Enterprise took part in the Iwo Jima invasion, then raids on the Japanese home islands and the Okinawa campaign in April.  Due to damage received by two kamikaze attacks in April and May, she returned to the United States with the distinction of being the most decorated U.S. Navy warship during the war.    Following Japan

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USS Enterprise CV-6 1/200 Trumpeter

1/200 Trumpeter USS Enterprise CV6 Aircraft Carrier

ACADEMY 1/700 USS ENTERPRISE CV-6 BATTLE OF MIDWAY (14409)

USS ENTERPRISE (CV-6) MAKES FINAL VOYAGE TO SCRAP IN 1958 - 8X10 PHOTO (DD917)

Front view of the island of USS Enterprise (CV-6) in March 1942

Enterprise (CV-6)

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USS Enterprise CV-6

USS Enterprise CV-6 1944 by Tom's Modelworks