Talk:USS Enterprise (CV-6)

To whom was the USS Enterprise (CV-6) sold to?

Some scrapping company, dunno who exactly. Usually takes a couple years to take apart a carrier completely. Stan 01:28, 23 Apr 2004 (UTC)

According to Steven Ewing in his 1982 book "USS Enterprise (CV-6), the Most Decorated Ship of World War II", she was sold to Lipsett for scrap and dismantled in 1958. The location was Kearny, New Jersy on the Hackensack River.

Such a sad end to a true fighting ship. Its shame that she was scrapped rather then preserved. Alyeska

I agree. Ships like that ought to be preserved for future generations. TomStar81 21:53, 29 Jan 2005 (UTC)

NPOV

Smashing? hurling? OMG, this article needs a less boosterish, more NPOV rewrite. Cheers, :) MikeReichold 16:46, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

see response below in #Rah Rah.--J Clear 22:41, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

Cleanup tag?

Just wondering, is there any particular cleanup that is needed? Or is it just a general overhaul of "resectioning" and stuff? --Havocrazy 04:22, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

Rah Rah

I agree with MikeReichold, the language describing some of Enterprise's battles is less than neutral in tone, more suited for 1940's newsreels than wiki. The ship's battle honours speak for themselves, they don't need hyperbole. I have removed the rather informal "Big E" label in most sections, replacing it with Enterprise (leaving it where it belongs as the ships nickname and in one heading where it seemed appropriate). IMO what is needed now is a moderate rewrite to remove some of the overly emotive language and perhaps a revision of some of the sectioning. This later task is probably not a huge one, with a few minor divisons: e.g. seperate "After Pearl Habor" into "After Pearl", "Wake Island" and "Doolittle Raid" and maybe one or two other similar subsectionings. There is also a crying need for much of the information to have citations. Jaxsonjo 05:27, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

The Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships is the reason for both your observations. The public domain DANFS ship article is often copied to start a wikipedia ship article and the tone comes from there. DANFS is then cited as a reference for the whole article.--J Clear 22:41, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

This legendary ship was sold for scrap? Boosterism aside, what a bad idea! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.30.202.15 (talk) 18:24, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

A very good piece of film of the August 24, 1942 attacks

I have just added a YouTube link to a film of the attacks on the Enterprise on August 24, 1942. It matches so well Image:USS enterprise-bomb hit-Bat eastern Solomons.jpg that I wonder whether the picture could just be a frame from the film. Anyway, it is an extraordinary piece of history. Bradipus 11:19, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

I had been astonished by the resemblance between hhe pic used in the "South Pacific operations" (Image:USS enterprise-bomb hit-Bat eastern Solomons.jpg) section and the images in the film, especially around 03:05. Reading cautiously what this site exactly says, I discover that "Marion Riley (PhoM 2/c) manned a motion picture camera from the aft end of the ship's island, above the flight deck. (...) The bomb exploding in the photo was the third to hit the ship, and was photographed from above the flight deck. (...) the photo is Marion Riley's. Riley's camera was damaged by the explosion, but the film survived. A dramatic sequence of stills from the film was published in Life Magazine months after the battle."

I will slightly edit the article to indicate this, as well as the relevant Commons pages. Bradipus 09:53, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

Question

• I'm just wondering, was this ship the ship that the Starship Enterprise was named after Series premiere (remake) (talk) 10:33, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

The Enterprise was named after a long series of ships, primarily CVN-65) the new (at the time) fleet carrier, and the world's first nuclear powered aircraft carrier. 70.226.0.9 (talk) 07:50, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

Legendary?

Here is a alternate beginning to the article:

"The USS Enterprise was a legendary aircraft carrier that served in the Second World War and was the most decorated American ship in that conflict."

Damn, this ship is almost like a fairy tale on how legendary it is. Among members of the U.S. Navy, this is one of the ships they reference the most as the pride of the American fleet. Recruiters and instructors frequently speak about the gallantry of the vessel, and how pivotal it was in several of the major battles it participated in. I think that should be reflected on here. What a ship. I'm sure a few non-American ships or planes have been called legendary, so the Enterprise is not exclusive to the title. If fictional characters and battles are called legendary on this very wikipedia, then a ship that actually earned that title should rightly be called so. --68.207.156.253 (talk) 07:32, 6 December 2008 (UTC)Reggie

CV-6

When "E" returned for duty in late '44, she was re-designated CV(N)-6.[1] She gained the "(N)" designation for her new abilities as a night fighter. However, I see no mention of this in the article. Thoughts? Rklawton (talk) 01:48, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

Major change in operations, so yes definitely needs to be mentioned.