On 24 September 1960, the world’s first nuclear powered aircraft carrier, USS Enterprise (CVAN 65) was launched at Newport News, VA. This image shows Enterprise underway in March 2012.
(watch “The Nuclear Navy,” which tells the story)
-
ahrenx reblogged this from navyhistory
-
scottfukumae reblogged this from navyhistory and added:
-
husky04 reblogged this from navyhistory
-
freee-yourselfff reblogged this from fl-southernbelle
-
fl-southernbelle reblogged this from navyhistory
-
19anchorsaweigh91 likes this
-
il45steward reblogged this from navyhistory
-
singulus likes this
-
freeradicart likes this
-
nolinrodriguez likes this
-
imickeyd likes this
-
dilution likes this
-
todaysdocument likes this
-
climate-changing likes this
-
masteratarms117 reblogged this from navyhistory
-
zengiraffe likes this
-
mjmoss likes this
-
ybb55 likes this
-
redjeep likes this
-
navyhistory posted this
