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Scrapped and forgotten, how USS Enterprise CV-6 went from America's greatest WWII carrier to a single stern plate in New Jersey

The USS Enterprise earned 20 battle stars and carried 10,000 troops home after World War II, yet by 1960 the entire ship had been reduced to scrap metal and one surviving artifact. This is the story ...
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The US Navy built only one aircraft carrier with 8 nuclear reactors — the USS Enterprise served 51 years and now costs $536,700,000 to scrap

The USS Enterprise (CVN-65) was the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. Launched in 1958, it served the U.S. Navy for 51 years. The Big E participated in the Cuban Missile Crisis blockade, ...