USS Enterprise retires from service

The USS Enterprise (CVN-65) was the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, laid down in 1958, launched and christened in 1960, and commissioned in 1961, by the United States of America . Enterprise is scheduled for inactivation on 1 December 2012 at Norfolk Naval Station, Virginia, with her decommissioning scheduled no later than 15 March 2013 The Enterprise is the longest aircraft carrier in the U.S. fleet. It is also the oldest, a...