USS Enterprise CV-6, as she appeared in 1938. Note the port holes (later welded over), minimal anti-aircraft armament and island configuration.

The USS Enterprise CV-6 Association was formed and chartered in Chicago, Illinois, in 1954 by a few veterans of service in the Big E in World War II. The Association By-Laws provide for …

Enterprise CV-6 sortied from Pearl Harbor on 28 Nov 1941 to deliver Marine fighters to Wake. She was scheduled to return on 7 December 1941.

Enterprise CV-6 memorials, relics and exhibits: flags, ship's bell, anchor, stern plate, models and more.

Of the more than twenty major actions of the Pacific War, Enterprise engaged in all but two. Her planes and guns downed 911 enemy planes; her bombers sank 71 ships, and damaged or …

The attack group was lead by the Enterprise Air Group Commander and consisted of thirty-two SBD's; fifteen from VB-6, loaded with one 1,000 lb bomb each, sixteen from VS-6, loaded with …

Enterprise was the only U.S. vessel damaged. Overall About 5:12 PM on 24 August, Enterprise underwent a heavy five-minute attack from more than 30 Japanese dive-bombers during which …

Enterprise is the only ship outside the Royal Navy to have received the pennant, in the more than 400 years since its creation. Enterprise and her veterans, included among the 16 ships and …

Enterprise CV-6 Casualty Lists. These pages list the 374 men killed in action or line-of-duty, and 12 men taken prisoner of war, while serving in Enterprise or her attached air groups between …

Enterprise CV-6 earned a total of 20 battle stars, three more than any other ship, seven more than the next carrier (Essex CV-9).