USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) 1964 Operation Sea Orbit Cruise Shirt

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USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) 1964 Operation Sea Orbit Cruise ShirtOn July 31, 1964, USS Enterprise (CVAN 65) departed Norfolk as the flagship of Task Force 1 Operation Sea Orbit. In company with USS Long Beach (CGN 9) and USS Bainbridge (DLGN 25), she completed the first circumnavigation of the globe by nuclear powered warships, covering 30,565 miles in 64 days without stopping for fuel. It was a statement to the world that American nuclear power could project force anywhere on Earth without limitation. President

and named for the bold WWII amphibious assault that broke the Italian front

Her final Mediterranean deployment closed out thirty-one years of service with the same professionalism that had defined CV-66 from the day she was commissioned

American carriers led

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After 41 years of service spanning Vietnam

Martin Luther King Jr

Across the South China Sea

When the Arab Spring ignited in early 2011

In the weeks that followed

Few deployments in the history of naval aviation produced results as decisive as this one

allies needed reassurance

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