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Navy: America's Next Carrier Will Be Named Enterprise -- Pilot Online
The mammoth ship that projected American power during the tensest moment of the Cold War, and decades later launched some of the first air attacks in the war on terror, no longer is in service.
But its remarkable legacy - and its iconic name - will live on.
The Navy formally inactivated the aircraft carrier Enterprise on Saturday. A crowd estimated at 12,000 included hundreds of former crew members and dozens of original shipbuilders. They crammed onto a pier at the Norfolk Naval Station to say goodbye to the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier.
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WNU Editor: The Pentagon`s official announcement is here.
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