What is an enterprise?

American aircraft carrier enterprise is the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in the world, and its appearance has brought the development of aircraft carriers into a new era. 1964,' enterprise' made an unprecedented voyage around the world, which lasted 64 days without refueling and replenishment, and the total voyage exceeded 30,000 nautical miles, fully demonstrating the great endurance of nuclear power. Its design and construction have an important influence on the Nimitz class of the second generation nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in the United States. And won the president's commendation. Also known as the legend of aircraft carriers during World War II. The budgeted cost of Enterprise 1958 fiscal year is 4. 500 million US dollars, and it takes 64 million US dollars to fill nuclear fuel for the first time, and 20 million US dollars to replace nuclear fuel; According to 1990 fiscal year, the latest modification project is allocated1400 million USD. Enterprise has been deployed in the Pacific fleet during its service. Known as the indivisible land of the American sea.

After completion, the standard displacement is 19800 tons, and the full-load displacement is 25500 tons. The captain is 246.7 meters, the flight deck is 33.4 meters wide, the waterline is 232 meters long and 25.4 meters wide, and the draft is 7.9 meters when fully drained. 9 boilers, 4 Parsons turbines, 4 shafts, main engine output power1.2000 horsepower. The maximum speed is 32.5 knots, and the endurance 12500 nautical miles/15 knots. Armed with 8 single-barrel 127mm guns, 4 combined 28mm cannons and 24 12.7mm anti-aircraft machine guns. There are about 90 carrier-based aircraft. 194 1 annual staffing 22 17. Uss Enterprise (CV-6 Enterprise) is actually better translated as "enterprising" and "endeavor", but for various historical reasons, domestic military data are translated as "enterprise"). It is the sixth aircraft carrier in the history of the US Navy and the second aircraft carrier in York City. The ship was approved for construction on August 3rd, 1933, and started construction at newport news Shipyard in newport news, Virginia on July 7th the following year. /kloc-0 went online on October 3rd 1936, and began to serve in May 1938.

Enterprise adopts an open hangar with three elevators: front, middle and back. The large island building with integrated bridge, mast and chimney is located on the starboard side, and a 1 steam catapult is installed at the front end of the wooden flight deck. In case of emergency, the plane can also be ejected directly from the hangar through the lateral catapult located in the middle of the hangar (this design was demolished in 1942 because it was not practical).

Armed with 8 single-barrel 127mm advanced dual-purpose guns, 4 quadrupled 28mm cannon, and 24 12.7mm anti-aircraft machine guns. It can carry up to 96 carrier-based aircraft. 194 1 annual staffing 22 17. There are some shortcomings in enterprise defense. The waterline armor is only 1.22mm, and the control tower 1.02mm, which is quite defective in torpedo defense, which also led to the torpedo damage of two ships in the whole York city class.

CV-6 Enterprise 1939 joined the Pacific Fleet in April. 194 1 pearl harbor incident, the ship was carrying out the task of transporting planes to wake island, but it was delayed to return to Hong Kong due to bad weather on the way back, and escaped by luck. Since then, the Enterprise has participated in most naval battles in the Pacific War, and has become a legendary warship with outstanding achievements in the United States Navy, making great contributions.

1942 65438+ 10/0 1, Lieutenant General halsey commanded TF8 formation (1 aircraft carrier, 4- patrol, 6- destroyer) and TF 17 (York)

1 942 February1day, on the way back to reinforce Samoa, TF8 carried out air strikes on Japanese bases in Roy Island, Kwajalein Atoll, Waji Atoll and Malilapu Atoll, which are the most defensive islands in the Marshall Islands occupied by the Japanese. It sank four small Japanese ships, destroyed the 18 plane, and even the eighth generation Major General Yusi of the 6th Base Team was killed. This is the beginning of the Pacific War.

1On April 8th, 942, the Enterprise left Pearl Harbor for Aleutian Islands, where it joined the carrier formation of Bumblebee to cover the mission of bombing Japan. Later, I had to abandon the ship because of the serious damage of the bumblebee, but I still made an effective contribution to the mission.

1June, 942, in the naval battle of midway, the Enterprise, Hornet and Yorktown of the same class ambushed in the northeast waters of midway, sinking four aircraft carriers of the Japanese naval mobile force in one fell swoop. Chicheng, Kaga and Longfei were the achievements of Enterprise. At the same time, the carrier-based aviation units on Enterprise and the shore-based aviation units on midway jointly sank the Japanese heavy cruiser 3D.

1In August, 942, the United States Navy and the Japanese joint fleet began a fierce battle for control of Guadalcanal Island in the southwest Pacific Ocean. In the naval battle east of Solomon on August 24th, the Enterprise was blown up by the 18 99 ship on the Xianghe River, which broke through the air defense circle, * * * hit three 250kg armor-piercing projectiles, and another four nearly lost. After the air raid, the "Enterprise" caught fire and the flight deck was seriously damaged. 77 people were killed, 9 1 people were injured, 17 ships were shot down, and zero three ships. The hard-won victory of the Japanese army was actually offset by the efforts of the damage management team on the Enterprise in a short time. After the 1 hour damage, the enterprise recovered to 24 knots and resumed the operation of recycling carrier aircraft. In this battle, the TF6 1 formation where the Enterprise was located sank the Japanese light aircraft carrier Longxiang, severely damaged the seaplane carrier Chitose and shot down 75 Japanese aircraft.

10 6 16, after a month's renovation, Enterprise was equipped with a newly compiled 10 carrier-based aircraft brigade (AG- 10), which included elite pilots from the damaged Saratoga and the sunken Yorktown, and its combat effectiveness was enhanced.

1 October 26th, 1942, 10. In the unprecedented fierce naval battle of Santa Cruz, the Enterprise was hit by six 250kg bombs again, and another1almost lost, but narrowly escaped all torpedoes. Bumblebee is not so lucky. Bumblebee sank after being hit by 10 torpedo, 1800kg bomb, 7 250kg bombs and 1500mm shells. In this campaign, the US military lost the aircraft carrier Hornet, and the Enterprise suffered heavy losses, losing 8 1 frame and 266 people were killed (44 people were killed and 75 people were injured on the Enterprise). 92 Japanese planes were shot down and destroyed, and two Japanese aircraft carriers, Xianghe and Ruihe, were hit hard. At the same time, a large number of outstanding pilots, such as Shoukaku Flying Team Captain Shaozuo Murata, Guan Wei Shaozuo and Mizuho Flying Team Captain Imasuke Ichiro, died, and the combat effectiveness of the Japanese mobile forces was greatly weakened. Before the Enterprise was repaired, the US military had no available aircraft carriers in the South Pacific. The Second Division of the Japanese Army launched the Guadao offensive. At the same time, the joint fleet sent a King Kong-class battleship to shell Guadao Airport around1October12. At this time, halsey can only take the form of equity. On June165438+1October1day, the Enterprise left Noumé a and took the USS Vestal-4 repair ship to the sea east of Guadalcanal, where it was repaired and fought, giving full play to the air power of the US military. 165438+ 10 13 In the early morning, the Japanese "stand up team" responsible for the shelling mission met with the US TF67 cruiser formation, and a fierce battle broke out. The United States lost two light patrol ships and four destroyers, sank two Japanese destroyers and seriously damaged the battleship Birui. After dawn, Enterprise went out to hit Reservoir Dogs with a TBF (torpedo attack aircraft) that took off from Guadao, causing Bi Rui to hit 1 and the stern sank. Finally, it sank around dark on 13, which was the first battleship lost by Japan in the Pacific War. At this time, the Enterprise is still the only available aircraft carrier of the US military in the Pacific Ocean. The sailors drew this slogan on the deck of the hangar. The Enterprise is anti-Japanese.

194365438+1On October 30th, the Japanese army launched a 1 1 type land attack and bombed the formation of American surface ships near Lonnell Island. Enterprise shot down seven of them, but eight Japanese planes still fired torpedoes and the Chicago Reconnaissance (CA-29) was sunk.

1On May 26th, 943, the Enterprise returned to Pearl Harbor to receive the Presidential Unit Award presented by Admiral Nimitz on behalf of President Roosevelt. Of all the American naval vessels that participated in World War II, the Enterprise was the first and only aircraft carrier to win this honor. On July 20, the new Essex-class aircraft carrier began to serve, and the Enterprise finally returned to the mainland for large-scale renovation and modification.

1943, the enterprise returned to the United States for modification, lengthened the flight deck and added an anti-torpedo cabin at 3/4 of the ship's waterline. The number of anti-aircraft guns has been increased to 25 sets of 20mm double holes, 10 sets of 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns. All anti-aircraft guns have radar charge, which greatly improves the hit rate. At the same time, the carrier aircraft has been replaced by brand-new F6F“Hellcat "and SB2C“Hellcat".

1944 65438+1October 6th, the modified Enterprise and five other large aircraft carriers formed a TF58 task force to participate in the operation in Marshall Islands. TF58 includes 6 large fleet carriers, 6 independent light carriers, 6 escort carriers, 15 battleships, 9 heavy cruisers, 6 light cruisers, 50 destroyers, and a number of transport ships, cargo ships, oil tankers, tank landing ships, dock landing ships, seaplane carriers and other auxiliary ships. There are more than 700 carrier aircraft. On June 365438+1October 3 1 day, with the strong firepower support of TF58, the US military captured several islands in the Marshall Islands, such as Kwajalein Atoll and Majuro Atoll.

1On February 27th, 944, TF58 formation attacked the truck atoll, and the TBF Avengers carrying radar on the Enterprise participated in the air raid. In this campaign, 9 ships were sunk, 3 special ships were built and 3 1 ship was destroyed, totaling 237,000 tons. Among them, 1/3 was won by the enterprise.

1June, 944, the US and Japanese navies launched a strategic decisive battle in the Mariana Sea. The Japanese navy lost three large aircraft carriers and more than 600 aircraft, and the aviation units that struggled for two years were wiped out. However, the US military only lost 130 aircraft, and 76 pilots were killed (including 77 aircraft lost and 44 pilots were killed when landing at night).

1944101On October 25th, the carrier aircraft enterprise assisted friendly forces to sink the super battleship Musashi, the aircraft carrier Ruihe, Ruifeng and Chitose. In this campaign, Enterprise was one of the few American aircraft carriers that attacked Kurita, Ozawa and Nishimura fleets.

1944 65438+In February, the ship became CV(N)-6(N is the abbreviation of night), carrying a modified F6F-5N night fighter to perform night patrol tasks.

1from March to April, 1945, the enterprise participated in actions such as suppressing Japan's Kyushu shore-based aviation and sinking the super battleship Yamato.

1945 15 on may 4th, the enterprise was hit by a kamikaze plane, and its front elevator was completely destroyed. Two days later, it withdrew from the battle and returned to the United States for maintenance. During the restoration, Japan announced its surrender. Since then, it has participated in victory celebrations and the task of transporting American military personnel stationed in Europe back to China. From1946 65438+1October 18, she anchored in bayonne, New Jersey, and never went to sea again.

Enterprise 1947 was retired on February 17, 2007 and transferred to the North Atlantic Reserve Fleet. 1 952101was called attack carrier CVA-6, and 1953 was renamed as anti-submarine carrier CVS-6 on August 8th. 1956 10 was removed from the list of naval vessels on 10.2, and it was sold and disintegrated at the price of 56 1 333 USD on1July, 958.

In the Pacific War, the Enterprise, known as the "Big E", narrowly escaped death, winning 20 battle star medals, becoming the first aircraft carrier to be collectively commended by the President. It is also the only aircraft carrier in the United States in World War II that won both the presidential collective award and the naval collective award. In its glorious life, Enterprise sailed 442,475 kilometers, sank 7 1 ship, wounded 192, and shot down 91/aircraft. No warship in the US Navy can match it. Enterprise symbolizes the fighting spirit of the US Navy.