USN · CV
Enterprise
Photos and infoYorktown-class carrier. Spruance flew his flag in her at Midway. Her dive bombers hit the Japanese carriers. Not sunk in this battle.
| Class | Yorktown class |
|---|---|
| Type | Aircraft carrier (CV) |
| Hull | CV-6 |
| Fate | Afloat. Survived the war. Her aircraft helped sink the Japanese carriers at Midway. |
| Armament (class) | Fleet carrier. Flight deck, with the island about amidships. |
| Command |
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Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.
The armament line is the class drawing, not a measurement of this hull.
U.S. Navy photo 19-LCM-CV6-71792. USS Enterprise (CV-6) underway near Pearl Harbor, 2 August 1944, in Measure 32 camouflage. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
No color version yet. Colored pictures and film will be added here.
Command
Battle of Midway
1942-06-04 · not hit
Landings on Guadalcanal and Tulagi
1942-08-07 · air support for the landings
Battle of the Eastern Solomons
1942-08-24 · bombed; not sunk
Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands
1942-10-26 · flagship of Kinkaid. Two bomb hits and near-misses about 1105 and 1220. She avoided about nine torpedoes. Not sunk
Gilbert Islands, November 1943
1943-11-20 · air support at Makin
Marshall Islands
1944-01-31 · air cover for the landings
Battle of the Philippine Sea
1944-06-19 · in the battle
Iwo Jima
1945-02-19 · supported the landings
Okinawa
1945-04-01 · damaged in April, and a kamikaze hit her on 14 May; not sunk
