The Story of the big E
The big E or the USS Enterprise was the first ever aircraft carrier powered by nuclear power. It took ambition by the United States to create something of this scale. The Big E has an extensive history from the problems of the enterprise to the triumphs. The scale off the Big E is so massive compared to any other aircraft carrier before it in part of the nuclear power. Most importantly the creation of the Big E secured the future for carriers of all kinds. The Big E is so influential to the United States that it needs to be known. The Big E was the first aircraft carrier to be powered by nuclear power. Previously other aircraft carriers have been powered by other means coal engines, propulsion engines, and other means. …show more content…
“USS Enterprise has a length of 1,123ft, making it the longest carrier in the US Navy.” (NavalTech n.p.) This fact is insane with all the massive warships the U.S has at sea for the USS Enterprise to be the largest is just incredible. She was re-delivered to the US Navy in April 2010. The maintenance cost at the time of delivery was reported to be $662m.(NavalTech n.p.) It's hard to imagine that much money let alone use it to build a warship.”When the engineers first started planning the ship’s propulsion system, they were uncertain how it would work, or even if it would work according to their theories.” Imagine if you will you're the engineers of the USS Enterprise you get 662 million dollars to make it and you don't even know if the ship will work. This was a gigantic risk by the government to make something that wasn’t even certain it could go to sea. Somehow by some sort of a miracle they got it too work and the Enterprise had many voyages in her long …show more content…
“The Enterprise at that time was the nation's only nuclear-powered carrier. She had been commissioned in 1962, and two conventional, oil-fueled, large-deck carriers--the America (CVA-66) and the John F. Kennedy (CVA-67)--had been constructed subsequently. The Navy had asked for a nuclear-powered carrier in each case,” (holloway n.p.). After the Enterprise hit the sea the government started asking for more and more nuclear powered aircraft carriers the Enterprise started the way we build aircraft carriers to this day. When the Enterprise was deactivated in 2012 America thought the Big E had no more to contribute to the country but they were wrong in more ways than one. USS ENTERPRISE (CVN 65) will continue to serve on as more than $100 million of her equipment is reused and installed aboard NIMITZ and FORD class aircraft carriers. (navy line n.p.) The Enterprise is helping America once again by recycling! But we need another carrier at sea what will replace our old friend the Enterprise. Currently the Gerald R. Ford is being built to replace the Enterprise (navy line n.p.). Even tho the USS Enterprise is decommissioned it will still help us for years on end.
The enterprise had tons of surprises hidden within its’ metal walls. From it supposed to be lasting for a mere 25 years to the fact that it was so influential in
The big E or the USS Enterprise was the first ever aircraft carrier powered by nuclear power. It took ambition by the United States to create something of this scale. The Big E has an extensive history from the problems of the enterprise to the triumphs. The scale off the Big E is so massive compared to any other aircraft carrier before it in part of the nuclear power. Most importantly the creation of the Big E secured the future for carriers of all kinds. The Big E is so influential to the United States that it needs to be known. The Big E was the first aircraft carrier to be powered by nuclear power. Previously other aircraft carriers have been powered by other means coal engines, propulsion engines, and other means. …show more content…
“USS Enterprise has a length of 1,123ft, making it the longest carrier in the US Navy.” (NavalTech n.p.) This fact is insane with all the massive warships the U.S has at sea for the USS Enterprise to be the largest is just incredible. She was re-delivered to the US Navy in April 2010. The maintenance cost at the time of delivery was reported to be $662m.(NavalTech n.p.) It's hard to imagine that much money let alone use it to build a warship.”When the engineers first started planning the ship’s propulsion system, they were uncertain how it would work, or even if it would work according to their theories.” Imagine if you will you're the engineers of the USS Enterprise you get 662 million dollars to make it and you don't even know if the ship will work. This was a gigantic risk by the government to make something that wasn’t even certain it could go to sea. Somehow by some sort of a miracle they got it too work and the Enterprise had many voyages in her long …show more content…
“The Enterprise at that time was the nation's only nuclear-powered carrier. She had been commissioned in 1962, and two conventional, oil-fueled, large-deck carriers--the America (CVA-66) and the John F. Kennedy (CVA-67)--had been constructed subsequently. The Navy had asked for a nuclear-powered carrier in each case,” (holloway n.p.). After the Enterprise hit the sea the government started asking for more and more nuclear powered aircraft carriers the Enterprise started the way we build aircraft carriers to this day. When the Enterprise was deactivated in 2012 America thought the Big E had no more to contribute to the country but they were wrong in more ways than one. USS ENTERPRISE (CVN 65) will continue to serve on as more than $100 million of her equipment is reused and installed aboard NIMITZ and FORD class aircraft carriers. (navy line n.p.) The Enterprise is helping America once again by recycling! But we need another carrier at sea what will replace our old friend the Enterprise. Currently the Gerald R. Ford is being built to replace the Enterprise (navy line n.p.). Even tho the USS Enterprise is decommissioned it will still help us for years on end.
The enterprise had tons of surprises hidden within its’ metal walls. From it supposed to be lasting for a mere 25 years to the fact that it was so influential in