What does the big E on the USS Enterprise mean?

Big E is actually the nickname of the USS Enterprise. It is the No. 2 ship of the Yorktown-class aircraft carrier and the only battleship in the class that survived the war. In fact, Big E's luck started at Pearl Harbor: On December 2, 1941, Halsey led the USS Enterprise to transport aircraft to Wake Island. On December 7, when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, it happened to be the day the USS Enterprise arrived as planned. Due to weather problems, it changed course, resulting in a one-day delay and escaped bad luck. During the subsequent hijacking of the Japanese Navy's attack fleet, they passed by the Japanese Second Air Force supporting the landing on Wake Island. An encounter would have been disastrous.

In the following days, the Big E and several other aircraft carriers served as the only remaining assault force of the U.S. Navy and fought here and there, fighting against the combined fleet in a series of battles. Although it severely damaged the Japanese army. But the U.S. military suffered heavy losses: several aircraft carriers it owned at the beginning of the war were sunk successively, so that after the Battle of Santa Cruz, the U.S. Navy only had one operational aircraft carrier left, the Big E. That is, during this period, the Enterprise An exciting slogan appeared on the hangar of the USS Enterprise - "Enterprise VS Japan"

In a sense, the Enterprise itself is a complete history of the Pacific War - it almost participated in the Pacific War All major battles. And he still survived after the war. From this point of view, Big E is definitely worthy of the word auspiciousness.