USS Enterprise (CVN-80)

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The first cut of steel for the Enterprise CVN 80

The first cut of steel for the Enterprise CVN 80

PHOTO RELEASE--Huntington Ingalls Industries Celebrates Ceremonial Steel-Cut for Aircraft Carrier Enterprise (CVN 80) at Newport News Shipbuilding

 

[Daryl Hunt]

When it was first introduced, it had twice the reactors it ended up with. I saw a film of it hitting the power and shooting a huge rooster tail. The nose was riding out of the water even. They cut the power by half after that. Can you imagine trying to keep up with it with a DDG?