The Grey Ghost of WW2 - USS Enterprise

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  • @Simplehistory
    @Simplehistory  ปีที่แล้ว +130

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    • @EspionageTV
      @EspionageTV ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Good morning of the attack on Pearl Harbor a Japanese small submarine was sunk just outside of Pearl Harbor so that was the first ship to be sunk

    • @ihaveaweirdnotsolonguserna5270
      @ihaveaweirdnotsolonguserna5270 ปีที่แล้ว

      I love watching your videos while eating goldfish and other crackers

    • @TopGunFan47
      @TopGunFan47 ปีที่แล้ว

      Do a sponsorship with azur lane!

    • @rickymaravilla891
      @rickymaravilla891 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Unfortunately she didn't score the first blood it was a Destroyer on Dec 7 that Sync a midget submarine.

    • @williamgosvener47
      @williamgosvener47 ปีที่แล้ว

      You forgot another real world enterprise. The space shuttle Enterprise. Which was the first shuttle built and used as a testing platform, for technology development.

  • @nazmaster1
    @nazmaster1 ปีที่แล้ว +940

    The ship with 9 lives its ashame they never kept this legend as a museum ship it was at one point the only operation carrier in US navy, the most decorated aircraft and survived throughout the war. Rip Big E

    • @azimisyauqieabdulwahab9401
      @azimisyauqieabdulwahab9401 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Another severals Aircraft Carriers in the US including USS Theodore Roosevelt, USS Nimitz, USS Abraham Lincoln, USS Gerald R Ford, USS Ronald Reagan & USS Carl Vinson

    • @bogustoast22none25
      @bogustoast22none25 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      I think when the public became aware of it, the newspaper headline was “Enterprise vs Japan” which is honestly one of the best if not the best one ever.

    • @S0RGEx
      @S0RGEx ปีที่แล้ว +9

      The real Nine Lives Ship was Japanese cruiser Kumano, but Enterprise certainly had her fair share of damage and close calls as well.

    • @Suto_Ko
      @Suto_Ko ปีที่แล้ว +7

      yeah, it's a shame they didn't preserve the legendary ship as a museum. The USS Enterprise had quite a history and was a true survivor. Rest in peace, Big E.

    • @nachtderuntoten7120
      @nachtderuntoten7120 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Don't worry, it will evolve to spaceship Enterprise

  • @noble_crusader1796
    @noble_crusader1796 ปีที่แล้ว +2148

    It’s a shame they weren’t able to turn her into a museum

    • @RampantFury925
      @RampantFury925 ปีที่แล้ว +355

      More then a shame. It's a damn disgrace.

    • @kineuhansen8629
      @kineuhansen8629 ปีที่แล้ว +137

      i agree would rather visit enterprise then yorktown cv10

    • @F-Man
      @F-Man ปีที่แล้ว +193

      Agreed. We’re lucky to have New Jersey preserved with her enormous service history, but Enterprise trumped even that. Absolutely the one ship that ought to have been saved.

    • @bermudezd.7296
      @bermudezd.7296 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      I know that my friends. "Not what you think" already discussed this issue.

    • @lucky_lynx7867
      @lucky_lynx7867 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      I would pay good money to get a full tour of the ship if it was still around

  • @Osmond_Wrought
    @Osmond_Wrought ปีที่แล้ว +601

    The Big E has such an amazing war story. It's a real tragedy she never became a museum ship since she was the only surviving ship of her class. And she's no longer available in World of Warships. But one ship that is still available and has just as colorful a history is the HMS Warspite. I think she deserves a video of her own.

    • @bogustoast22none25
      @bogustoast22none25 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Wait they removed the Yorktown class? Why?

    • @Osmond_Wrought
      @Osmond_Wrought ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@bogustoast22none25 Because they both sank. Yorktown at Midway and Hornet at Santa Cruz islands.

    • @bogustoast22none25
      @bogustoast22none25 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@Osmond_Wrought I mean from the game.

    • @huydang5955
      @huydang5955 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Bring back Big E

    • @Osmond_Wrought
      @Osmond_Wrought ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@bogustoast22none25 Oh right! I think Enty was considered op, but Hornet is still there.

  • @gemini_1085
    @gemini_1085 ปีที่แล้ว +247

    'USS Enterprise: A fighting, city of steel. She is the most revered and decorated ship of World War 2. On this, 360 degree battlefiield; where threats loom on the seas, in the skies, and in ocean depths. The Enterprise's enemies could be anywhere, and everywhere. There's no where to run when the war is all around you. Battle 360, USS Enterprise.' - I cannot be the only one that thought of this immediately when seeing the video title.

    • @RandomTrinidadian
      @RandomTrinidadian ปีที่แล้ว +6

      No.... no you are not

    • @oldgamesinvestigator7852
      @oldgamesinvestigator7852 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Bruh... That's still my favorite historical documentary to this day

    • @BT293HG
      @BT293HG ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Loved that series

    • @nikolaidudzinski2897
      @nikolaidudzinski2897 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Battle 360 was a core memory from my childhood. Couldn’t stop thinking of it watching this video.

    • @nathansheldahl
      @nathansheldahl ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I just finished rewatching that series (mostly) on here and it’s still great after all these years now.

  • @Lupinthe3rd.
    @Lupinthe3rd. ปีที่แล้ว +157

    "Let's make sure history never forgets… the name… Enterprise."
    Captain Jean Luc Picard, Star Trek Episode Yesterday's Enterprise First aired: 19 February 1990

    • @Vejitatheouji
      @Vejitatheouji ปีที่แล้ว +10

      There it is

    • @SulliMike23
      @SulliMike23 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Beat me to it!

    • @alexlascu2136
      @alexlascu2136 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That's actually from Star Trek Generations

    • @Vejitatheouji
      @Vejitatheouji ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@alexlascu2136 No it's not. OP is correct.
      th-cam.com/video/L7cFRmfM44k/w-d-xo.html

    • @rylansato
      @rylansato ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@alexlascu2136The OP is correct. It is actually from Yeaterday’s Enterprise. The line I believe you’re thinking of is Picard saying he doubts it will be the last ship to bear the name Enterprise.

  • @ghostcreeper243
    @ghostcreeper243 ปีที่แล้ว +320

    Nicknames given to the USS Enterprise(CV-6):
    •The Big E
    •Lucky E
    •The Grey Ghost
    •The Galloping Ghost

    • @ph89787
      @ph89787 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      And thanks to Azur lane.
      Best girl.

    • @spinostroyer1259
      @spinostroyer1259 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      And Enty as well (Thanks To Azur lane)

    • @snitchpogi1277
      @snitchpogi1277 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      ​@@spinostroyer1259
      Yeah, thanks Azur Lane!
      Hoping she may appear in Kancolle next.

    • @JaksMedSaks
      @JaksMedSaks ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Yeah. Enty and Best girl

    • @snitchpogi1277
      @snitchpogi1277 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@JaksMedSaks
      Indeed, also her sister Hornet appears in Kancolle and she was drawn by Konishi and voiced by Ai Fairuz.
      I hope Enty must be voiced by Yamato's VA in Kancolle.

  • @alanhart7838
    @alanhart7838 ปีที่แล้ว +201

    she is without a doubt a legendary vessel with a proud and noble legacy and it's our duty no less in the word's of Captain Jean Luc Picard "Let's make sure history never forgets the name.... Enterprise."

    • @Menaceblue3
      @Menaceblue3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      "Second star to the right....
      And forward till morning!"

    • @WhydoIsuddenlyhaveahandle
      @WhydoIsuddenlyhaveahandle ปีที่แล้ว +6

      "Think they'll build another one?"
      "Plenty of letters left in the alphabet"

  • @gmcjimmy3580
    @gmcjimmy3580 ปีที่แล้ว +540

    It’s absolutely disgusting that she was scrapped the most decorated ship in the war. The navy should be ashamed of itself.

    • @TacticalAlphaCharlie
      @TacticalAlphaCharlie ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I agree

    • @Aptol
      @Aptol ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Yet it's legend lives on...

    • @MrTak44
      @MrTak44 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      along with uss barb and hms warspite.

    • @garretth8224
      @garretth8224 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Maintaining a ship of that size is quite expensive.

    • @justsomemustachewithoutaguy-
      @justsomemustachewithoutaguy- ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Wasnt the navy's decision, majority wanted it preserved however not enough funding and support was put forward by congress and others

  • @jaegerbomb269
    @jaegerbomb269 ปีที่แล้ว +223

    May history never forget the name Enterprise.

    • @CristianMonserrate-wo2rk
      @CristianMonserrate-wo2rk ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Indeed

    • @azimisyauqieabdulwahab9401
      @azimisyauqieabdulwahab9401 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      This video pay tribute to several Veterans during the World War 2

    • @williammitchell4417
      @williammitchell4417 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Aye

    • @ananonymousnerd.2179
      @ananonymousnerd.2179 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      I do not know if this is deliberate, but Star Trek has a nearly identical quote from The Next Generation. If it is, it's a great reference! (The quote I am imagining is along the lines of "Let's make sure that history never forgets the name Enterprise". Patrick Stewart's delivery is always legendary!)

    • @TopGunFan47
      @TopGunFan47 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      and azur lane too

  • @braxtonpaetz9535
    @braxtonpaetz9535 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    The Enterprise has had an astounding effect on culture, not just warfare. As clearly shown by Gene Roddenberry. Rest his soul

  • @Owen88-bt2hl
    @Owen88-bt2hl ปีที่แล้ว +286

    The USS Enterprise escaped death so many times it’s kinda funny/unbelievable

    • @moappleseider1699
      @moappleseider1699 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Some little known facts. The man who started Enterprise car rentals named it after his ship during WW2, you guessed it, The Enterprise CV-6.
      Also, the new ship, CVN-80 will have portholes and a few other pieces from not only CV-6, but my dad's ship, CVN-65. My dad did a Vietnam tour on CVN-65 in the early 70s. I hope construction is done soon enough that he can go on a Tiger Cruise on the new boat.
      I thank all the brave men and women who served on both ships and the future sailors and Marines who will serve on the new boat.

    • @swenhtet2861
      @swenhtet2861 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Only to be scrapped.

    • @fatseadoggo1017
      @fatseadoggo1017 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      japanese pilots leaving the battlefield with a burning enterprise thinking it was sinking only to return again is hilarious. would've been nice to mention its escapes from death in the video to justify the video title

    • @seanbigay1042
      @seanbigay1042 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@fatseadoggo1017 Kind of, kind of. Tokyo Rose prematurely gloated over the Enterprise's demise so many times that Walter Winchell took to calling her the Galloping Ghost of the Oahu Coast, which the crew shortened to the much more badass Grey Ghost. Which in turn inspired Bruce Wayne to become Batman. I think.

    • @nursestoyland
      @nursestoyland ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@moappleseider1699yep, Jack Taylor, as he was an F6F fighter pilot on the Enterprise

  • @jaredsmith5995
    @jaredsmith5995 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    My great grandfather was a quartermaster aboard CV-6 during the war. I barely knew him as he passed when I was pretty young. I do remember reading a letter about him at the helm of this awesome war machine as they sailed from Bremerton, WA. Pretty big stuff for a guy who was a plasterer by trade before the war.

    • @stanleyresumenes8604
      @stanleyresumenes8604 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Gene Roddenberry was pilot in the CV-6 indeed, The USS Enterprise from Star Trek Is named for this Carrier but as NCC-1701

  • @blackhorse-wm6oc
    @blackhorse-wm6oc ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Fun fact: The enterprise was the first carrier to use the CVN designation, and I am not talking about CVN-65. After her retrofit to make Enterprise the first carrier capable of night operations the navy changed the ships designation from CV-6 to CVN-6, the N standing for Night in this case rather than Nuclear.

  • @TitanAEX4
    @TitanAEX4 ปีที่แล้ว +131

    There are few ships as feared and legendary as Big E. If only the funding to save her was there...
    It would have been an incredible honor to walk her steel halls and flight deck.

    • @ELCADAROSA
      @ELCADAROSA ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I understand that Halsey himself fought to have her preserved but was unable to do so.

    • @genericnamehere7602
      @genericnamehere7602 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ​@ELCADAROSA He tried, but was unable to secure the funding needed.

  • @DKrueger1994
    @DKrueger1994 ปีที่แล้ว +85

    CV-6
    CVN-65
    CVN-80
    NX-01
    NCC-1701
    The legacy lives on

    • @jamesedwardladislazerrudo1378
      @jamesedwardladislazerrudo1378 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What about Roberts?

    • @Saunders_Navy
      @Saunders_Navy ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Enterprise Rent A Car was also named after her.

    • @apollo4619
      @apollo4619 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      OV-101 as well (space shuttle)

    • @JaksMedSaks
      @JaksMedSaks ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Cant wait for CVN-80

    • @sirboomsalot4902
      @sirboomsalot4902 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Saunders_NavyCorrect, it’s founder was a fighter pilot in Enterprises air group towards the end of the war. There’s a few of those locations where I live

  • @captain_commenter8796
    @captain_commenter8796 ปีที่แล้ว +393

    “Eight ships have born the name Enterprise”
    Star Trek fans: *“Well actually…”*

    • @mr6johnclark
      @mr6johnclark ปีที่แล้ว +37

      yes we beg to differ. We respectfully disagree!

    • @MainMite06
      @MainMite06 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      The British & French Navies had ships named "Enterprise" way before the USA was independent

    • @apollo4619
      @apollo4619 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      if you wanna count the space shuttle its 9

    • @alexis_ian
      @alexis_ian ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Well, this is for the US Navy and not Starfleet, which are 2 different entities, while both organizations share the same ranks and tittle USS. They have separate functions. One is to project power the other is dedicated to since with war fighting capability!😊

    • @williammitchell4417
      @williammitchell4417 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@MainMite06 of which Colonel John Mitchell stole ( boarded and captured) one of those ships.

  • @rhydonbeacham
    @rhydonbeacham ปีที่แล้ว +56

    USS Enterprise was the Aircraft Carrier that refused to give up, refused to sink, and most importantly, refused to die! She was the one Aircraft Carrier that haunted the Imperial Japanese Navy, like a Grey Ghost, throughout the entirety of the Pacific Theater of World War II.

    • @seanbigay1042
      @seanbigay1042 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Tokyo Rose claimed the Enterprise was sunk so often that Walter Winchell nicknamed her the Galloping Ghost of the Oahu Coast. Which got shortened to the considerably more badass "Grey Ghost." Which in turn inspired Bruce Wayne to become Batman.

    • @genericnamehere7602
      @genericnamehere7602 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      USS Laffey, the Allen M Sumner class one, also bore that name. A little Destroyer hit by five kamikazes, but absolutely REFUSED to die.

    • @seanbigay1042
      @seanbigay1042 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@genericnamehere7602 Six kamikazes. And don't forget the twenty-odd others that missed or were shot down.

    • @lucasthehonkaimanectric1690
      @lucasthehonkaimanectric1690 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      And as an waifu ship

  • @samuelwrynnbrawner.1210
    @samuelwrynnbrawner.1210 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    One thing I have to give credit for. You have the correct aircraft models for the different refits throughout Enterprise’s time in WW2

    • @MainMite06
      @MainMite06 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      They even got the 1944 camouflage correct, when History Battle 360 still depicted Enterprise in her initial build colors throughout the show ( natural, exposed brown/yellow wooden runway with yellow lane stripes)

  • @captain_commenter8796
    @captain_commenter8796 ปีที่แล้ว +102

    A ship so badass is became a spaceship

    • @RandomTrinidadian
      @RandomTrinidadian ปีที่แล้ว +11

      And a sexy waifu

    • @jaywerner8415
      @jaywerner8415 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@RandomTrinidadian Azura Lane intensifies. Im pretty sure shes one of the few girls that wares a Military uniform too, cus thats a black Admirals coat and hat.

    • @laurencesnee8362
      @laurencesnee8362 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@jaywerner8415 She's like the centerpiece of the whole anime.

    • @jaywerner8415
      @jaywerner8415 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@laurencesnee8362 Yeah pretty much.

    • @Anthony-66
      @Anthony-66 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Owari Da(It's Over) by jiren and enty

  • @brainflash1
    @brainflash1 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    If you want to know more about the Big E, I heartily recommend the History Channel miniseries Battle 360. Sponsored by Enterprise Rent-A-Car, which was founded by a veteran of the Enterprise's crew.

  • @jakerocinante1133
    @jakerocinante1133 ปีที่แล้ว +101

    Like most people here I wish CV-6 had been made into a museum, but am still proud of her successor CVN-65 the first nuclear powered aircraft carrier and currently the record holder for service at 55 years 70 day’s. Hope we get the same from CVN-80 the next ship to be called “The Big E”, see her in 2028.😊

    • @tremedar
      @tremedar ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Current record holder of a *modern* warship. The USS Constitution, an age of sail heavy frigate, has never been stricken from the naval registry and can still put to sea.

    • @jakerocinante1133
      @jakerocinante1133 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@tremedar true I forgot that Old Ironsides is still a commissioned warship. I should have said record aircraft carrier in service

    • @moappleseider1699
      @moappleseider1699 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      My dad did a Vietnam tour on CVN-65. They are actually using parts and some portholes from both earlier ships in construction of the new CVN-80. I hope that it's completed in time so that my dad can do a tiger cruise on her

    • @seanbigay1042
      @seanbigay1042 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@jakerocinante1133 Yeah, every Fourth of July the old lady goes for a stroll, saying hello to all the young whippersnappers in Boston Harbor.

    • @jakerocinante1133
      @jakerocinante1133 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@moappleseider1699 I was told some of the surviving parts and portholes from CV-6 were installed on CVN-65. It’s more than likely those same ones are being transferred to CVN-80. Fun fact, the Gerald R Ford class is expected to is set up to receive future laser missile defense systems. The thought of a ship named Enterprise having a laser to shoot down enemy missiles, we could be heading closer to Gene Rodenberry being a visionary like Jules Verne.

  • @onefadedgunner3281
    @onefadedgunner3281 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    The USS Yorktown deserves its own movie or series. The ship had a short, but legendary service history.

    • @seanbigay1042
      @seanbigay1042 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Well, yeah. CV-6 was one of three Yorktown-class carriers, the others being USS Yorktown herself (CV-5) and USS Hornet (CV-8 -- she should've been CV-7, but USS Wasp beat her to it).
      In fact, it's not true that Gene Roddenberry's first choice of name for his hero ship was Enterprise. In the very earliest drafts of Star Trek, she's the Yorktown. Then I guess CVN-65 showed up, and Gene changed his mind in order to honor her ...

    • @onefadedgunner3281
      @onefadedgunner3281 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@seanbigay1042 I know all that already

    • @Bitterman5868
      @Bitterman5868 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yorktown's legacy survived and made into Wing Commander 3 where it became the flagship carrier that put an end to the Human-Kilrathi war.
      CV-40 Yorktown class Light Carrier known as TCS Victory

    • @inigobantok1579
      @inigobantok1579 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Unfortunately she was sunk 6 months in the war.

    • @onefadedgunner3281
      @onefadedgunner3281 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@inigobantok1579 she was, but her story was incredible. It took so much to send her to the bottom, she survived Coral Sea, and nearly survived Midway if it wasn’t for a lone Japanese submarine.

  • @1anthonybrowning
    @1anthonybrowning ปีที่แล้ว +22

    “Let’s make sure that history never forgets the name, Enterprise.”

  • @justhereforkicks8208
    @justhereforkicks8208 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I’ve always wanted a Band of Brothers like show about the Enterprise during WW2. The show Battle 360 is close enough but I think it’d really bring to life the history of the ship and the men who served aboard her.

  • @3p1kduck
    @3p1kduck ปีที่แล้ว +67

    I would LOVE if you could cover more crazy naval events, like the sinking of Shinano, or the first encounter with a German U Boat.

    • @HappiKarafuru
      @HappiKarafuru ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Or the story of the one U-boat that terrorise the Eastern Seaboard of the United State

    • @knightaries13
      @knightaries13 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You should look up the Last Naval Battle of ww2.

  • @MrSuzuki1187
    @MrSuzuki1187 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    My Dad was a torpedo pilot on Enterprise late 1944-1945. He was a member of the world's first designated low level attack squadron to fly at night and in instrument weather. He was a member of Night Torpedo Squadron 90. From Pearl Harbor to the end of the war, the ship's company swore that Enterprise had a soul and was more than a big hunk of steel. She was a living being according to those who served on her.

  • @kbrock9146
    @kbrock9146 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    "And Admiral.... It is the Enterprise."

  • @SuperStarwarsfan101
    @SuperStarwarsfan101 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    The fact that the Big E was scrapped makes me sad. It would've been the perfect museum ship!

    • @MainMite06
      @MainMite06 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Yeah! If the giant Essex carriers CV-10 Yorktown, CV-11 Intrepid, CV-12 Hornet, CV-16 Lexington, & even the bigger CV41- Midway could be preserved. Than tiny CV6 Enterprise could've been preserved even with heavy battle damage.

  • @Jayjay-qe6um
    @Jayjay-qe6um ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Jack C. Taylor, founder of Enterprise Rent-A-Car, had served on Enterprise as a fighter pilot during the war, and (re-)named his company in 1969 after the ship.

  • @willienelsongonzalez4609
    @willienelsongonzalez4609 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    Damn travesty that the USS Enterprise was not converted into a floating museum. That WWII ship is rife with history!

  • @jethall1
    @jethall1 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    The Mighty E was a great ship and it’s ashamed she never became a museum but her name will forever live on! Can’t wait for CV-80 to take the baton!

    • @vinter5256
      @vinter5256 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      CVN 80 will have the captains desk and some port holes from CV 6 Enterprise that were saved when she was scrapped as well as CVN 80's steel is recycled steel from CVN 65 Enterprise.

  • @andrewmontgomery5621
    @andrewmontgomery5621 ปีที่แล้ว +129

    Eagle Union's strongest aircraft carrier.

  • @faltomjager5823
    @faltomjager5823 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I love how you showed the Excelsior class for the enterprise, which the Enterprise-B was, but it was retrofitted with different nacelles, 2 more impulse engines, and hull bulges around the forward deflector dish.

    • @Merennulli
      @Merennulli ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Glad someone else noticed. I'm a little surprised at the choice since the text was obviously referencing the Constitution-class Enterprise, but honestly we'll take any Enterprise at this point.

    • @nsr-ints
      @nsr-ints ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I call it the excelsior block two.

    • @SaschaDBrickman
      @SaschaDBrickman ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Because the Enterprise B is an Excelsior Refit like the USS Lakota

    • @faltomjager5823
      @faltomjager5823 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Merennulli I mean in all fairness, the Excelsior class was the most common class for starfleet, and the most common non-Enterprise model used by Star Trek. Which means that the Excelsior is kinda the face of Star Trek.

  • @Emigdiosback
    @Emigdiosback ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I remember watching a video of the ship during the battle of Santa Cruz (same battle the Hornet was lost). Helmsman was literally drifting the ship like it was Fast and Furious.

  • @chrissutnavage9601
    @chrissutnavage9601 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    My brother was a Marine stationed on the Big E during Operation Iraqi Freedom. He maintained the weapon and radar systems of the F-A18. Wish I got to hear more stories from him.

  • @enterprisespatton6549
    @enterprisespatton6549 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    YES! You finally did it! THANK YOU! Thank you for making a video on this amazing ship!

  • @jabba7746
    @jabba7746 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Much like HMS Warspite that survived 2 world wars, was the most decorated ship in the British navy and a list of achievements in her records to long to go into the USS Enterprise is the American equivalent of one ship that should have been preserved as a museum for future generations but was sadly scrapped instead.

  • @tarnocdoino3857
    @tarnocdoino3857 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I used to talk with a WW2 Vet who was in naval training when Pearl Harbor happened. Saw the whole war on a troop transport as an AA gunner. His stories reminded me of the chaos this ship saw.

  • @seanbigay1042
    @seanbigay1042 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    There have been so many comments made about this video that some are in danger of getting lost. I'm going to mention just one, which talks about a ship that actually beat the Enterprise's battle star record: the destroyer USS Nicholas (DD-449), which earned 16 stars in World War II, five more in the Korean War, and nine more in the Vietnam War, for a grand total of 30 battle stars -- ten more than the Enterprise.
    Not to rain on the Nicholas' parade, but this is why when I talk about Enterprise's battle stars, I always make sure to point out how, being a carrier, and therefore fighting with her aircraft, she was effectively in the front line of every battle she fought in. And then, of course, there's the Battle of Midway, where she shares with her sister Yorktown the honor of delivering the single deadliest blow in naval history.

  • @cytorakdemon
    @cytorakdemon ปีที่แล้ว +7

    "Let's make sure history never forgets the name Enterprise."

  • @inductivegrunt94
    @inductivegrunt94 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    The Big E! Nothing shows American pride more than Enterprise. CV6 was the Greatest Enterprise and it's great that the name lived onto into the modern age with a Nimitz class bearing the legendary name.

    • @Suto_Ko
      @Suto_Ko ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Totally agree, The Big E, USS Enterprise, is an iconic symbol of American pride. CV6 was legendary, and it's awesome that the name lives on with the Nimitz class.

    • @Gamer88334
      @Gamer88334 ปีที่แล้ว

      If only the captain of the current one was named “Kirk”

    • @azimisyauqieabdulwahab9401
      @azimisyauqieabdulwahab9401 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@Gamer88334sorry, it's the character of Star Trek

    • @Gamer88334
      @Gamer88334 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@azimisyauqieabdulwahab9401 I meant the captain of the current Enterprise in real life.

    • @jakerocinante1133
      @jakerocinante1133 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Actually no not a Nimitz class, CVN-65 was in it’s own class and the only one of her kind, however currently holds the record for service at over 48 years. CVN-80 a Gerald R. Ford class will once again bear the name Enterprise with a long proud legacy to live up too.

  • @alexmcginnis2577
    @alexmcginnis2577 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The Enterprise was not the first ship to draw first blood against the Japanese navy. Before the attack on pearl there was a Japanese mini sub that was sunk by a destroyer on patrol.

  • @Creed109
    @Creed109 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    If there's main character in the Pacific War, then USS Enterprise is the one. The amount of times she luckily dodge dive bombs and torpedos is staggering. It's like she has some kind of plot armor. When she's the only carrier left, her crew posted a sign "Enterprise vs Japan". Truly a badass ship.

    • @MainMite06
      @MainMite06 ปีที่แล้ว

      USS San Diego, Gridley sisters, San Francisco, Pensacola, & Saratoga-
      *And what about us?*

    • @kenduncan3221
      @kenduncan3221 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      All ships of that class took enormous punishment, but for the grace of God she did not get torpedoed.

  • @jkzeno
    @jkzeno ปีที่แล้ว

    As a Trekkie, the Star Trek reference in the end was the best cherry on top I've ver seen from any TH-cam video. Truly fitting and amazing the name "Enterprise" and its significance to history.

  • @fatwithmoney8953
    @fatwithmoney8953 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    "Let's make sure history never forgets the name Enterprise"

  • @johnnyklebitzrevenge4793
    @johnnyklebitzrevenge4793 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Fun fact: CVN-76 is the carrier that Maverick and Goose were assigned to in Top Gun

  • @ussenterprisecv6231
    @ussenterprisecv6231 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Best ship from both ww2 and star trek

  • @andrewtaylor940
    @andrewtaylor940 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    One minor correction. Gene Roddenberry named his Starship the USS Yorktown. It was the Network that looked at it and said "Make it the Enterprise! Everybody loves that ship". In an ironic twist, following the Enterprise's destruction in STar Trek III the Search for Spock, the crew gets a new ship at the end of Star Trek IV the Voyage Home. This ship is dubbed NCC-1701-A The USS Enterprise-A. This new ship had originally been Enterprises sister ship... the USS Yorktown.

  • @WAKIZASHI158
    @WAKIZASHI158 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    USS Enterprise
    What a Legend

  • @corymorimacori1059
    @corymorimacori1059 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    “I was saving the planet from an Axis of Darkness while you were back home opening National Parks! Yes!” Winston Churchill

    • @nazmaster1
      @nazmaster1 ปีที่แล้ว

      Also created the bengal famine

    • @ricardscelms8374
      @ricardscelms8374 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      By saying those words, who he (Winston Churchill) was prefered to? 🤔😅

    • @ChevyChase301
      @ChevyChase301 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      While “you were being a successful private citizen I killed half a million allied troops at gallipoli”

    • @jonmcgee6987
      @jonmcgee6987 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@ricardscelms8374 Epic Rap Battles of History. Churchill VS Teddy Roosevelt.

    • @blockmasterscott
      @blockmasterscott ปีที่แล้ว

      “If Rushmore was a band, then you’ed play bass!” Winston Churchill.

  • @ViceN53X
    @ViceN53X ปีที่แล้ว +7

    6:45
    "At the Battle of Midway, planes from the Enterprise sank two Japanese carriers..."
    Far from shore, a pacific war
    Bombs are falling from the skies
    It's a bomb run day, it's the naval way
    A bloodred sun is on the rise

    • @jankorosec7
      @jankorosec7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      MIDWAY!

    • @United.Kingdom.
      @United.Kingdom. ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jankorosec7 display their might
      Ordering carriers, admirals at war
      We'll meet at Midway to win the fight
      Tactics are crucial, naval war
      Midway, display their might
      Ordering carriers, admirals at war

  • @ananonymousnerd.2179
    @ananonymousnerd.2179 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    It's interesting you used an Excelsior-class as your Star Trek Enterprise of choice. That class includes the Enterprise B (technically the fourth Starfleet ship named Enterprise, after NX-01, NCC-1701, and NCC-1701-A), though the Enterprise B was visually distinct from other contemporary Excelsiors. Enterprise B is by no measurement the best-known Enterprise, having starred for a handful of minutes in a movie and then getting out-shone by the Enterprise D in the same film; it has not appeared much since then, apart from flashback episodes and beta-canon. Even so, the Excelsior-class in general was a major evolution in ship design from the Constitution, so in some ways, it's not unlike the nuclear Enterprise compared to the WWII one.
    A bit of a continuation of this legacy, NASA's first Space Shuttle was named Enterprise after Star Trek's hero ships, so in some ways, Enterprise lends its legacy to space exploration just as much in reality as it does in fiction. NASA's Enterprise was originally going to be named differently, but NASA received so many letters from Trek fans that they decided to change the name. Unfortunately, the Space Shuttle Enterprise was an earlier design that was meant more to test aspects of the program, and thus, never actually made it into space.
    On a different note, Trek's Enterprise was nearly called the Yorktown instead. It wasn't only because of Enterprise's legacy and fame that Roddenberry chose Enterprise, either - his choice of name followed the commissioning of the nuclear USS Enterprise, meaning that at the time, "Enterprise" was synonymous with "cutting edge" among naval enthusiasts.
    Roddenberry wanted to show humanity's advancement and give an idea of what we could accomplish in 250 years' time, so he actually rejected some near-future concepts like combat laser weapons (it would take decades and not centuries to get those), instead replacing them with "phasers". Even so, many concepts Star Trek pioneered have been made real now. The Enterprise name helped establish both that the hero ship was high-technology and that it was among the best of the best.

  • @Dragonicus375
    @Dragonicus375 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Yes finally my favorite and recognizable aircrafts carrier can show it's true recognition, thank you simple history. Also i play World of Warship blitz 2 months ago and i got myself the Enterprise and the Commanders William B. Halsey.

  • @williamparker7686
    @williamparker7686 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Did you forget. That the Uss ward was the first ship to sink a Japanese boat.(submarine)

    • @knightaries13
      @knightaries13 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      To be a bit pedantic; that happened right before, though was part of, the attack and Japans Deceleration of War.

  • @ojasdagale9174
    @ojasdagale9174 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    At one point the Big E was the only active Aircraft Carrier in the pacific and still fought. This vessel literally saved the US.
    It's sad that she didn't get converted into a museum.
    RIP Enterprise.

    • @MainMite06
      @MainMite06 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      There's a missing detail: Enterprise was the only *active US carrier in the pacific* when CV3 Saratoga had go to the west coast for dry dock repairs, Enterprise then had to work alone with her task force of Destroyers & battleships that defended her.
      In the meanwhile, the Essex carriers were still being built in the East coast while the fighting was ongoing.

    • @FevnorTheWolf
      @FevnorTheWolf ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@MainMite06 iirc the crew even put up a banner on the flight deck that said "Enterprise vs Japan"

    • @MainMite06
      @MainMite06 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@FevnorTheWolf Yep that was real, but Enterprise wasnt alone they had escorts like the Gridley destroyers, Battleship North Carolina, & light cruiser North Hampton too

    • @LordZontar
      @LordZontar ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Not quite. The Enterprise's airpower was augmented by the Marine squadrons on Guadalcanal and Tulagi as well as the islands in the lower end of the Solomons chain, and HMS Invincible had been seconded to the U.S. Pacific Fleet. Also, the Japanese were running out of planes and stretched intolerably thin on oil to fuel their ships when the Guadalcanal campaign was reaching its climax in November of 1942. After they lost the Night Battle of Guadalcanal it was pretty much over for them in that campaign but they had already been pushed to the point where it had become unsustainable to continue their effort to retake Guadalcanal and fight on New Guinea.

  • @chrissamples4860
    @chrissamples4860 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video I love watching videos of our beloved Enterprise!

  • @valmid5069
    @valmid5069 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    And then it became an icon of Star Trek!

  • @Lv80WoWmage
    @Lv80WoWmage ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Fun Fact about the Star Trek Enterprise, there 9 Starships Named Enterprise: NCC 1701, 1701A, 1701B, 1701C, 1701D (from Star Trek: The Next Generation) E, F(small showing in Star Trek: Picard), and G, IF one Counts NX-1 Enterprise from Star Trek: Enterprise that brings the total to 9.

  • @Vandal_Hawk63
    @Vandal_Hawk63 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Its sad that they weren't able to save the ship after the war. However, it wasn't so much about the ship but it's legacy. She made sure "history never forgets...the name...Enterprise"

  • @bryandacote8109
    @bryandacote8109 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I clicked on this at Warp 7
    This was the inspiration for Star Trek's Enterprise

  • @DreSkii305
    @DreSkii305 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Finally the big e getting the recognition she deserves 🎉 CVN-6 forever

    • @LAR2110
      @LAR2110 ปีที่แล้ว

      Actually cv-6 CVN stands for fixed wing nuclear carrier

    • @dennislemasters4339
      @dennislemasters4339 ปีที่แล้ว

      it was originally designated cv-6, it would get redesignated as cvn-6 during ww2 with the n standing for night operations as it received aircraft capable of nighttime operations, learned this about said ship while watching battle 360 a history documentary on the uss enterprise cvn-6 growing up , it was on the history channel

  • @mr6johnclark
    @mr6johnclark ปีที่แล้ว +11

    "Let's make sure that history never forgets the name Enterprise". - Uknown

    • @SargeMorris
      @SargeMorris ปีที่แล้ว +2

      CPT J.L. Picard, USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D

  • @paulprovenzano3755
    @paulprovenzano3755 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The Mighty E held the line against the IJN while the US Navy recovered after Pearl. She DESERVED to live on.

  • @superfrycook6360
    @superfrycook6360 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The ship that haunts their enemies until today. It is called, “Enterprise”.

  • @livingchutoy5422
    @livingchutoy5422 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    U.S.S Enterprise was both highly respected and, equally, feared by the Japanese Naval forces. mere mention of her presence in a battle inspireed both fear and doubt in many Japanese admirals and captains. My Great Uncle Lester Riley serves in the Pacific campaign during WW2 and told us stories about seeing the enterprise in action. Often referring to the ship as Awe Inspiring and a force to be reckoned with.

  • @Justice107
    @Justice107 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Let's make sure history never forgets... the name..."Enterprise"!

  • @deanmckellar619
    @deanmckellar619 ปีที่แล้ว

    Anyone else have a smile on seeing this video pop up? Heavy Battle 360 Nostalgia on my end.

  • @tommydotyjr.2966
    @tommydotyjr.2966 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I don't care whether the registry is CV-6 or NCC-1701, if there's a ship coming to my rescue I pray to god she's named Enterprise.
    "Treat her like a lady, and she'll always bring you home." -Leonard McCoy

  • @CristySFM1234
    @CristySFM1234 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Should note in star trek the original name of the enterprise was ment to be Yorktown but was later changed to enterprise, however Yorktown stayed as a sister ship in the trek universe with the installment of star trek online giving us the Yorktown class with the first ship of its variant being the uss enterprise ncc-1701 F

  • @JV-pu8kx
    @JV-pu8kx ปีที่แล้ว +3

    CVN-65, in a class by herself. Enterprise Class.

    • @MainMite06
      @MainMite06 ปีที่แล้ว

      But it was mostly a larger nuclear powered Kitty Hawk class supercarrier..

  • @Outlier999
    @Outlier999 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My father served on destroyers that escorted the Enterprise. It was an impressive ship.

    • @MainMite06
      @MainMite06 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Did your father serve in Gridley Destroyers, Fletcher Destroyers or anything else written in history that bodygaurded CV6?

  • @usmcdevildog3497
    @usmcdevildog3497 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Still tossing in my vote for MACV-SOG, the secret unit around Nam

  • @kevinsantilices6993
    @kevinsantilices6993 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you USS Enterprise and her crew for liberating the Philippines some Japanese ship who lost in the battle are still seen under water and became diving spot for foreigners and locals

  • @gerardanderson9665
    @gerardanderson9665 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    "Let's Make sure History Never Forgets the Name, Enterprise" - Captain Picard, 2360s

  • @starbrother2000
    @starbrother2000 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Let’s make sure History never forgets the name Enterprise

  • @caseclosed9342
    @caseclosed9342 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Another legacy of the ship is the company Enterprise Rent-A-Car. The company’s founder Jack Taylor was a fighter pilot during World War Two and flew from the Enterprise.

  • @marinmaric7377
    @marinmaric7377 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    the most legendary carrier ever amazingly portrayed in Midway movie

  • @ronaldsmith6829
    @ronaldsmith6829 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The Grey Ghost in WWII was the RMS Queen Mary. She was considered veritably invisible because she outdistanced everything on or under the Atlantic during the war. No one could find her once she left port (thank God)! Enterprise might have also gained the moniker of 'Grey Ghost' on the Pacific Theatre, however the Queen Mary earned the nickname first!

  • @firehawk0
    @firehawk0 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Fate protects fools, children and SHIPS NAMED ENTERPRISE 😁👍👏

    • @linkandtwilightsparkleandf6615
      @linkandtwilightsparkleandf6615 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Star Trek Online reference

    • @firehawk0
      @firehawk0 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@linkandtwilightsparkleandf6615 TNG, but yes 😁

    • @SaschaDBrickman
      @SaschaDBrickman ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@linkandtwilightsparkleandf6615 Star trek TNG It's from Commander William T. Riker from the Enterprise-D

  • @AdmiralKakarot
    @AdmiralKakarot ปีที่แล้ว +2

    At the end, it's interesting that you used an Excelsior-class to represent starship Enterprise. Though, the original was a Constitution, Enterprise 1701-B was an Excelsior like you pictured, but a bit different in shape. Also, Enterprise B was only shown in Star Trek Generations - Mid 90's - and the fan film Of Gods and Men.

  • @jw427
    @jw427 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Fate protects little children, fools, and ships named Enterprise.

  • @thegunslinger8806
    @thegunslinger8806 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    They tried turning her into a museum, serveral sailors tried fundraising but it was a failed effort and the ship was scrapped.
    To quote one of the sailors "they told me she was at dock being scrapped, i rushed from the bar to see, they already had her going piece by piece, it was the saddest sight i ever saw, it was like ny home was being torn down right in front of me".

  • @wany11
    @wany11 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Fate protects fools, kids and ship's named enterprise

  • @kenethhallum3566
    @kenethhallum3566 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    An Excelsior class at the end. Oh the trek fan in me is hurting. You're looking for a Constitution class my friend.

  • @commander13urstzy36
    @commander13urstzy36 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    She is the most well renowned aircraft carrier and her popularity grey in the history pages including a game that will immortalize her forever and I'm talking about Azur Lane and the other two popular anime similar to Azur Lane

  • @Tyrone1776
    @Tyrone1776 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The USS Enterprise is still by far my favorite ship in history
    Video idea: The Montana class battleship

  • @Psycho-go5yr
    @Psycho-go5yr ปีที่แล้ว +3

    It always saddens me when I think about the failure to turn the USS Enterprise into a museum ship and her ultimate fate. As arguably the most legendary ship the US ever built, she deserved better. Unforgivable.

  • @tomr2982
    @tomr2982 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video and fantastic vessel but she wasn't the first US warship to draw blood in WW2, that would be the USS Ward which sank a Japanese mini sub at Pearl Harbour on Dec 7th 1941, they just didn't know it at the time

  • @kaptenkukang
    @kaptenkukang ปีที่แล้ว +3

    OWARI DA!

  • @ph89787
    @ph89787 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    “It is my privilege to recommend a large number of decorations after Guadalcanal, but few give me as much pleasure as recommending the Enterprise for the presidential unit citation. This was the Big E’s eighth operation in less than a year and the Japanese reported sinking her so many times that she acquired an additional sobriquet, “The Galloping Ghost of the Oahu Coast.” She helped open the war and she helped closed it. She is obsolete now. But, as Secretary Forrestal said, “She is the one ship that nearly symbolises and carries the Navy in this war.”
    Admiral William F Halsey.

  • @ryleeculla5570
    @ryleeculla5570 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The USS Enterprise is a very famous carrier

  • @Seanix197
    @Seanix197 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My grandfather was a naval welder at Hunters Point naval shipyard and Long Beach naval shipyard during WWII. He worked on both USS Enterprise aircraft carriers during and after the war. He was apart of the construction of the second ship and was given an award for developing a new welding technique that was needed on the nuclear powered ship. I still have the documents, it's amazing to look through them from time to time.

  • @stuart_scout8369
    @stuart_scout8369 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The Enterprise is truly a really useful ship; a pity he was scrapped in the late 50s

  • @nicksevigny8408
    @nicksevigny8408 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm a big history nut, especially in regards to naval history. I'd love to see videos about the Uss Forrestal and Uss Massachusetts. Keep up the great content, Simple History.

  • @corymorimacori1059
    @corymorimacori1059 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    “Pycrete! You take some wood, you take some ice and you get pycrete. He pulled out a gun and the wood shattered, then shot pycrete and the bullet ricocheted and hit someone in the conference room. Then they tried to make a pycrete aircraft carrier but that idea was scraped because that’s a really dumb idea.”

    • @Suto_Ko
      @Suto_Ko ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Haha, pycrete, huh? Wood and ice? That's one crazy mix, But shooting it in a conference room? That's asking for trouble, And a pycrete aircraft carrier?

    • @jhnshep
      @jhnshep ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Suto_Ko Project Habakkuk

    • @Suto_Ko
      @Suto_Ko ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@jhnshep Ah, Project Habakkuk, A fascinating World War II project that aimed to build an aircraft carrier out of ice and wood.

    • @jaywerner8415
      @jaywerner8415 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Suto_Ko IT KINDA works.....till the ship literally MELTS.

  • @josephlenormand3324
    @josephlenormand3324 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The USS ENTERPRISE was and still is an absolute legend.

  • @wardaddyindustries4348
    @wardaddyindustries4348 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Didn't USS Ward claim first blood? Good video none the less.

  • @Montana2.0122
    @Montana2.0122 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This was and still is my favorite warship in the world

  • @arick-sherman
    @arick-sherman ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The Yorktown wasn't sunk, it was flooded and returned to port for repairs. You can visit it today found near Charleston SC grounded at Patriot Point.