Uss Enterprise's Role In Ww2

World War Two was the largest and the most violent armed conflict that occurred and it was between 1939 and 1945. During the this war, many people were recognized as heros due to their actions in the battlefield. One such example is the the crew in the CV-6 USS Enterprise also known as the Big E. This ship was the seventh ship that was named Enterprise as well was the first of the Enterprise ships that was a aircrafts carrier. The USS Enterprise was very important during during World War II because it was in many battles that help the United States won in the Pacific side and never sunk. Also the carrier had created psychological effect it play in both the United States and Imperial Japan due to many reasons.
One way the USS Enterprise was important for the Americans during World War II was because it made the Doolittle Raid possible. The plan for this raid was …show more content…
During the war, the Japanese thought they sunk the Enterprise 3 time, however in reality the Enterprise never sunk. One of the time was a completely mistaken, the Japanese navy thought in the Battle of Midway they sunk both the Enterprise and Yorktown. Instead, the Yorktown never was heavily damaged at the first attack, but never sunk. It took the Japanese a second air attack to finally sink the Yorktown. The second time they thought they sunk the Enterprise was in the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands hit twice by dive bombs by Japanese dive bombers which caused the ship to be serious damaged to the point that the ship almost sank that day (Swopes). Luckily, the US Navy was able to tow the ship back to Pearl Harbor for repair. The third time was in April 11, 1944 in the battle in Okinawa where a kamikaze plane crashed onto the deck of the USS Enterprise. Once again though, the ship miraculously survived a hit and was forced back to Ulithi for