The nuclear-powered USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) was commissioned on November 25, 1961, at Newport News, Virginia, Capt. Vincent P. DePoix commanding. Fifty years later, Enterprise was still in commission.
Categories: 100 Years of Naval Aviation
 
 
Thank you to the Mario Family Foundation for enabling the digitization of the U.S. Naval Institute’s Photo Archive. The physical photos in the Photo Archive are stored in the Mildred M. Mario Photo Archive Room located at the U.S. Naval Institute’s Headquarters in Annapolis, MD.

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