My dad (happy fathers day) was the last cheif enginer on board the big E. have lots of stores and memorabila from that ship, and a high reguard for her as a xnavy airdale myself...the fogfarmer PT
My step father was on that ship when it was damaged. He was a fireman on that ship when the Jap plane hit the deck. He told me you could look down the hole from where the plane hit and you could see the ocean.
My uncle was on her as well- he was injured when it was hit by a kamikaze. Also flew over 100 missions from her deck. He passed away in the spring- wonder if they knew each other! brave men for sure!
@apjliny will never know. My uncle died many years ago from kidney failure, he died in the 50's. My uncle joined the navy when he was 17 years old, he wanted to join just after Pearl Harbor but he was only 16 when that terrible day happened. He lied about his age and joined up when his parents found out they wouldn't let him stay in, when he turned 17 they allowed him to join again.
@apjliny My uncle Billy was one of four children but the only son, and I have always heard that an only son didn't have to serve. Don't know if that's ture. He was a hero to his family. I wish I could remember him, he died when I was a baby. Those Kamikazes caused a whole lot of trouble for our men.
Does any one here knows the end of the (Real) Big E one of the various name it was known for in WW II ? The scrap yard.
They can keep making them and naming them USS ENTERPRISE but in my opinion they are nothing like the Real Sea Warrior that stood tow to tow with the japs in WW II...
The Enterprise CV 6, was the seventh ship in the US Navy to bear that name. After many efforts to try and make her a memorial ship she was sold to the scrap yard. In her honor and in the Navy tradition, a new ship was commisioned in 1961. The nuclear powered USS Enterprise CVN 65 is the second oldest US Navy ship still in commision after the USS Constitution commisioned in 1797.
@sansez dude..Im just telling ya what the show calls it. Its UNITED STAR SHIP...look it up, dont get all bitchy at me for what some show is calling some fictional ship...what inspired them is not my business. Its a freaking hollywood production for cris' sake, not real!
Enterprise was close to pearl, they sent their aircraft off to Ford Island naval air station where they operated from while the ship was in port. the Enterprise aircraft arrived just after the 2nd wave of Japanease planes left pearl & some came under AAA fire from the ships in harbor. by that time Admiral Bull Halsey had learned of the attack & sent the rest of his planes hunting for the Japanease. no contact was made & the next morning Enterprise entered the harbor to refuel & rearm.
and you tell me, there were no spies in tokyo? you put a flotila togeter, you arm and maned it you ship est and nobody knows? the world is at war ..... rotten the whole deal and i dont know about the rest of you but i am not stupid.
the U.S. didn't employ spies in peacetime, much like today they used communications intercepts to keep track of movements. the pearl harbor strike force was under radio silence so that didn't help. Japan was already at war so a gathering of ships wasn't out of the ordnary. U.S. intelligence thought the fleet was going to attack british colonies in the south pacific. since we were not at war it didn't occur to anyone that an attack was imminent.
Tons of jumping kids on every deck of the Big-E, kids who dont even know on what kind of ship they are. That's really disrespectfull for all the man who serverd on it. Most of the old crew members didnt even want it to become a museum.
She deserved to be dissasembled, by the hands that build her. Not many ships can tell the same. If it wasnt for the Big-E, we probably lost the war at sea.
@Klittoo1 there are many US Navy ships converted to museums. You obviously never served in the Navy. No former sailor would ever want his ship scrapped. Jumping kids welcome!
Surely the most famous ship in history. The Enterprise actually saved the nation of Australia. If she had not sunk the Japanese carrier fleet, Australia would have been conquered.
I believe you are thinking about the Battle of the Coral Sea in May of 1942. It was the carriers Yorktown and Lexington that participated. Sadly, the "Lady Lex" was sunk in that battle. It stopped the Japanese invasion of Port Moresby. That battle saved Australia.
Spud. You are asolutely correct. There was also Midway. If the Japanese had won that, Australia would have been in great danger too. I agree that the Coral Sea was a more direct threat.
This is not the same carrier in service today this is the Yorktown Class U.S.S. Enterprise CV-6; the one curently in service is the U.S.S. Enterprise CVN-65, shes the only one in her class, which was commissioned in 1961. The WWII CV - 6 U.S.S. Enterprise was decommissioned in 1947 and finally scrapped in 1958. :)
This is quite an amazing ship. My ex-boyfriend is stationed on this ship in Virginia, but it seems to be on dry dock for a year and a half now... Still, this is an amazing man-built air craft carrier.
Halsey spearheaded a campaign to save her, but the money never appeared. Since she lacked the draw of a state to call home (like Battleships Massachusetts, NC, Alabama), you didn't have any concentrated population groups to strike up a cause to save her. Plus, she was in pretty bad shape even before the kamikaze hit in May '45....the repair costs plus conversion to museum ship were probably astronomical. Those battleships I mentioned suffered almost 0 battle damage in the course of the war.
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TheCY107 3 weeks ago
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unclest1nky 1 month ago
Sie konnten nicht sinken... Und dass es an der härtesten schlachten... Es war ein glücklicher schiff...
bompiberlot 5 months ago
My dad (happy fathers day) was the last cheif enginer on board the big E. have lots of stores and memorabila from that ship, and a high reguard for her as a xnavy airdale myself...the fogfarmer PT
TheFogfarm 8 months ago
Rest In Peace BIG E, you will Always Be Remembered Forever!
EvilFingers 9 months ago
Is that... Mike Rowe narating??? O.o
Sounds kinda different (and what would he be doing on the history channel?), but still...
Rotard12a 9 months ago
Does the captain get to say "engage"?
dycarbon1 9 months ago
Enterprise=Epic.
LordHannigan 1 year ago
My step father was on that ship when it was damaged. He was a fireman on that ship when the Jap plane hit the deck. He told me you could look down the hole from where the plane hit and you could see the ocean.
Manongjojo 1 year ago
The Royal British navy?
qw56q 1 year ago
My uncle Billy served on this ship during WW11. William Charles Larowe. A bunch of real brave men.
countreedogusa 2 years ago
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My uncle was on her as well- he was injured when it was hit by a kamikaze. Also flew over 100 missions from her deck. He passed away in the spring- wonder if they knew each other! brave men for sure!
apjliny 1 year ago
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@apjliny will never know. My uncle died many years ago from kidney failure, he died in the 50's. My uncle joined the navy when he was 17 years old, he wanted to join just after Pearl Harbor but he was only 16 when that terrible day happened. He lied about his age and joined up when his parents found out they wouldn't let him stay in, when he turned 17 they allowed him to join again.
countreedog 1 year ago
@apjliny My uncle Billy was one of four children but the only son, and I have always heard that an only son didn't have to serve. Don't know if that's ture. He was a hero to his family. I wish I could remember him, he died when I was a baby. Those Kamikazes caused a whole lot of trouble for our men.
countreedog 1 year ago
@countreedog Yes that was true. I had a family member stationed state side for that reason.
Manongjojo 1 year ago
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countreedog 1 year ago
dildo...his name is Mike Rowe. Ya wanna laugh? check out old QVC videoes. Kinda funny,his voice is expensive to purchase,
choochyo 2 years ago
why is the guy from "Dirty jobs" show always the narorator for everything?
DarkHour404 2 years ago
Does any one here knows the end of the (Real) Big E one of the various name it was known for in WW II ? The scrap yard.
They can keep making them and naming them USS ENTERPRISE but in my opinion they are nothing like the Real Sea Warrior that stood tow to tow with the japs in WW II...
hero2d0s 2 years ago
It was scrapped
modelman44 2 years ago
The Enterprise CV 6, was the seventh ship in the US Navy to bear that name. After many efforts to try and make her a memorial ship she was sold to the scrap yard. In her honor and in the Navy tradition, a new ship was commisioned in 1961. The nuclear powered USS Enterprise CVN 65 is the second oldest US Navy ship still in commision after the USS Constitution commisioned in 1797.
mondo78 2 years ago 2
CV 6 is part of american history and should have been saved has a living testament to the new generations of americans.
hero2d0s 2 years ago
I hope that in the distant future when we build the our first space warship, we really do call it Enterprise.
southparkfan2717 2 years ago
"Star Trek"
Its suppose to be "Earth" ship, but for some reason its called United states Ship(USS)
sansez 2 years ago
Well if its built by the United States then it makes sense.
southparkfan2717 2 years ago
@sansez Incorrect. In STAR TREK Its "United Star Ship", for the UFP, United Federation of Planets. So there! :)
edsmale 2 months ago
@edsmale
USS! Enterprise! Just a coincidence? I dont think so
Inspired on United State Ship. They just replace the one of the word
sansez 2 months ago
@sansez dude..Im just telling ya what the show calls it. Its UNITED STAR SHIP...look it up, dont get all bitchy at me for what some show is calling some fictional ship...what inspired them is not my business. Its a freaking hollywood production for cris' sake, not real!
edsmale 2 months ago
hey hey enterprise was not at pear harbor ... it was doing ...... manouvers...... somewhere else.... wake up nation
paulosanches 2 years ago
Enterprise was close to pearl, they sent their aircraft off to Ford Island naval air station where they operated from while the ship was in port. the Enterprise aircraft arrived just after the 2nd wave of Japanease planes left pearl & some came under AAA fire from the ships in harbor. by that time Admiral Bull Halsey had learned of the attack & sent the rest of his planes hunting for the Japanease. no contact was made & the next morning Enterprise entered the harbor to refuel & rearm.
kdraper2007 2 years ago
and you tell me, there were no spies in tokyo? you put a flotila togeter, you arm and maned it you ship est and nobody knows? the world is at war ..... rotten the whole deal and i dont know about the rest of you but i am not stupid.
paulosanches 2 years ago
the U.S. didn't employ spies in peacetime, much like today they used communications intercepts to keep track of movements. the pearl harbor strike force was under radio silence so that didn't help. Japan was already at war so a gathering of ships wasn't out of the ordnary. U.S. intelligence thought the fleet was going to attack british colonies in the south pacific. since we were not at war it didn't occur to anyone that an attack was imminent.
kdraper2007 2 years ago
both of you shut up.
antagonis 2 years ago
and ya your very stupid. but maybe you can fix that if you get off your ass an get some BOOKS.
Dogmeat1950 2 years ago
the worst blind is the one that do not want to see
. building 7 pentagon atack by a airliner that desintegratet like flight 93.....
paulosanches 2 years ago
you do realize that if a plane crashes into a nuclear power planet it will disintegrate right?
any ways dummy still doesn't change the fact that your dumb.
as I said pick up some books. even Yamato talked about it,
Dogmeat1950 2 years ago
all i ask is think......
paulosanches 2 years ago
The Japanese carrier force that attacked Pearl Harbor did not sail from Tokyo Bay.
vv55sst 2 years ago
Paulsosanches, your a complete dumb ass. The Enterprise was near Pearl and was on it's way back when the attack happened.
Dogmeat1950 2 years ago
I think it was a huge mistake to scrap her. She should have been made into a museum at pearl.....
stvbom 2 years ago
@stvbom
Made a musem out of her?
You must be kidding i hope?!
Tons of jumping kids on every deck of the Big-E, kids who dont even know on what kind of ship they are. That's really disrespectfull for all the man who serverd on it. Most of the old crew members didnt even want it to become a museum.
She deserved to be dissasembled, by the hands that build her. Not many ships can tell the same. If it wasnt for the Big-E, we probably lost the war at sea.
Klittoo1 1 year ago
@Klittoo1 there are many US Navy ships converted to museums. You obviously never served in the Navy. No former sailor would ever want his ship scrapped. Jumping kids welcome!
jamesdewer 10 months ago
Highest decorated ship of all time!
trigerhappy33 2 years ago
Surely the most famous ship in history. The Enterprise actually saved the nation of Australia. If she had not sunk the Japanese carrier fleet, Australia would have been conquered.
swanningaround 3 years ago
I believe you are thinking about the Battle of the Coral Sea in May of 1942. It was the carriers Yorktown and Lexington that participated. Sadly, the "Lady Lex" was sunk in that battle. It stopped the Japanese invasion of Port Moresby. That battle saved Australia.
Spudskie 3 years ago
Spud. You are asolutely correct. There was also Midway. If the Japanese had won that, Australia would have been in great danger too. I agree that the Coral Sea was a more direct threat.
swanningaround 3 years ago
I went on two deployments on this boat... 2006 and 2007. Its old and rusty!
kiddo0885 3 years ago
This is not the same carrier in service today this is the Yorktown Class U.S.S. Enterprise CV-6; the one curently in service is the U.S.S. Enterprise CVN-65, shes the only one in her class, which was commissioned in 1961. The WWII CV - 6 U.S.S. Enterprise was decommissioned in 1947 and finally scrapped in 1958. :)
Smogger911 3 years ago
This is quite an amazing ship. My ex-boyfriend is stationed on this ship in Virginia, but it seems to be on dry dock for a year and a half now... Still, this is an amazing man-built air craft carrier.
GoblynTheAlmighty 3 years ago
i think he was not on the same big e. they scrapped the old one and roll out a nuclear power cv named enterprise.
MingTongPang54 3 years ago
@GoblynTheAlmighty the enterprise is mighty ship the only enterprise alive now is the nuclear powered one
maxmenism 11 months ago
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Was the Enterpise sunken?
tiarauscher 3 years ago
No, they scrapped it in the 1950's. They should have preserved it as a memorial. :(
Tebok73509 3 years ago
Halsey spearheaded a campaign to save her, but the money never appeared. Since she lacked the draw of a state to call home (like Battleships Massachusetts, NC, Alabama), you didn't have any concentrated population groups to strike up a cause to save her. Plus, she was in pretty bad shape even before the kamikaze hit in May '45....the repair costs plus conversion to museum ship were probably astronomical. Those battleships I mentioned suffered almost 0 battle damage in the course of the war.
drumladd 3 years ago