USS Enterprise (CVN-65) 2012 Long Sleeve Cruise Shirt

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USS Enterprise (CVN-65) 2012 Long Sleeve Cruise ShirtThe final cruise. In 2012, USS Enterprise completed her 25th and last deployment the most of any nuclear powered aircraft carrier in history. For fifty one years, from the tense days of the Cuban Missile Crisis to the wars of the twenty first century, CVN 65 had stood watch over American interests across every ocean on earth. On December 1, 2012, she was decommissioned, closing a chapter in naval history that may never be equaled. The Big E is gone

maintaining the forward presence and combat readiness that would be tested to the breaking point in the months ahead

Her 1971 deployment took her into the heart of the fleet replenishment mission: delivering fuel

USS Constellation (CV-64) deployed in 2001

a watch bill

Soviet forces continued to probe American resolve from Murmansk to Vladivostok

Half a century of service

maintaining the forward presence that had always been Connie's purpose

'Connie' was at sea — and she answered the call

the Mediterranean was a theater demanding the very best from every deployed warship — and USS Cape St

protecting the free flow of commerce under constant threat of attack

She provided carrier strike group escort

The Soviet Union had dissolved