Thanks to "Star Trek," the most well-known ship in the U.S. Navy is probably the USS Enterprise. There's a reason for that, and while the "Star Trek" franchise has been incredibly successful at ...

Even though aircraft carriers have been around for decades, many can't help but marvel at the unimaginable vastness of the vessels. They are floating military cities that can park off the coast of ...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - More than a half-century after entering naval service, the now former USS Enterprise (CVN 65) was officially decommissioned Friday. The Enterprise, nicknamed the Big 'E,' was the ...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - Huntington Ingalls hosted a ceremonial first-cut-of-steel event Thursday to kick off construction of the new aircraft carrier Enterprise (CVN 80) at Newport News Shipbuilding. The ...

Summary and 5 Key Points: The USS Enterprise (CVN-65), the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, set the standard for U.S. carriers. -Commissioned in 1961, it featured eight reactors, reached speeds ...