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USS Enterprise
The USS Enterprise (CVN-65) was a US Navy aircraft carrier in the 20th century and the second carrier to bear the name.
History
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Uhura and Chekov planning to infiltrate the Enterprise
The Enterprise operated during the latter half of the 20th century, following the retirement of the previous carrier named Enterprise. The new Enterprise was one of the most powerful ships of its time and was the first carrier on Earth to be powered by a nuclear fission reactor.
In 1986, Enterprise was docked at the Alameda Naval Base in San Francisco when it was breached by an apparent Soviet spy. The "spy" was Starfleet Commander Pavel Chekov, who had been collecting nuclear radiation from one of the ship's reactors to recrystallize dilithium for a captured Klingon Bird-of-Prey that had traveled back in time. (Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home)
Personnel
- Rogerson
- Unnamed USS Enterprise personnel (CVN-65)
Legacy
Featured in a display (second, left) of ships named Enterprise prior to 2272
Over a century later, the ready room of Enterprise (NX-01) featured a sketch of the carrier as well as other early vessels named Enterprise. (Star Trek: Enterprise)
The portrait of her World War II predecessor was on the famous USS Enterprise's recreation deck. (Star Trek: The Motion Picture)
A sculpture of the carrier adorned the wall of the observation lounge on the USS Enterprise-D during the first few years of that vessel's service. (Star Trek: The Next Generation) The sculpture, like the older pencil sketch, depicted the ship in her pre-1975 configuration.
Appendices
Background
Featured in a display (bottom, right) of all ships named Enterprise prior to 2365
In Star Trek IV, the "part" of USS Enterprise was actually filled by the conventionally-powered USS Ranger (CV-61, Forrestal-class), because Enterprise was on deployment at the time of the movie's filming. At the time of the filming, the reactor arrangement of all American nuclear aircraft carriers was tightly classified. Ranger also stood in for Enterprise in the 1986 aviation thriller Top Gun. Ranger differed from Enterprise in the shape of the ship's command "island" superstructure (which was longer, rectangular and possessed smokestacks for the ship's oil-fired boilers) and the placement of the side elevators, with two abaft of the island instead of two before it. Both differences were visible in Star Trek IV.
In the real world, Enterprise is nicknamed "the Starship," after her fictional namesake. Sailors from "The Big E" appeared as background extras in several episodes of Star Trek: Enterprise. (citation needed • edit)
In 1993 and 1994, the Star Trek Association of Towson, a fan club in Towson, Maryland, sponsored "The Big E Con," a convention held aboard the carrier Enterprise while the ship was at its home port of Norfolk, Virginia. The events featured tours of the ship and appearances by Star Trek notables. The fan club also donated Star Trek memorabilia for display in the ship's recreation room.
Daniel Davis played her captain in The Hunt For Red October. Her radio call sign in the film was "Starbase".
External links
- USS Enterprise (CVN-65) official website
- USS Enterprise (CVN-65) at Wikipedia
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