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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.
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
'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.
"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
@@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.
@@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.
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."
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!)
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.
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
@@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.
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.
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.
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!😊
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.
@@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.
@@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
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.😊
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.
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
@@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.
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.
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.
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)
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.
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 ...
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
@@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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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
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.
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.
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 Yep that was real, but Enterprise wasnt alone they had escorts like the Gridley destroyers, Battleship North Carolina, & light cruiser North Hampton too
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.
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.
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.
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
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"
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
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.
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
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
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.
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
“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.”
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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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
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Unfortunately she didn't score the first blood it was a Destroyer on Dec 7 that Sync a midget submarine.
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.
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
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
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.
The real Nine Lives Ship was Japanese cruiser Kumano, but Enterprise certainly had her fair share of damage and close calls as well.
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.
Don't worry, it will evolve to spaceship Enterprise
It’s a shame they weren’t able to turn her into a museum
More then a shame. It's a damn disgrace.
i agree would rather visit enterprise then yorktown cv10
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.
I know that my friends. "Not what you think" already discussed this issue.
I would pay good money to get a full tour of the ship if it was still around
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.
Wait they removed the Yorktown class? Why?
@@bogustoast22none25 Because they both sank. Yorktown at Midway and Hornet at Santa Cruz islands.
@@Osmond_Wrought I mean from the game.
Bring back Big E
@@bogustoast22none25 Oh right! I think Enty was considered op, but Hornet is still there.
'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.
No.... no you are not
Bruh... That's still my favorite historical documentary to this day
Loved that series
Battle 360 was a core memory from my childhood. Couldn’t stop thinking of it watching this video.
I just finished rewatching that series (mostly) on here and it’s still great after all these years now.
"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
There it is
Beat me to it!
That's actually from Star Trek Generations
@@alexlascu2136 No it's not. OP is correct.
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@@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.
Nicknames given to the USS Enterprise(CV-6):
•The Big E
•Lucky E
•The Grey Ghost
•The Galloping Ghost
And thanks to Azur lane.
Best girl.
And Enty as well (Thanks To Azur lane)
@@spinostroyer1259
Yeah, thanks Azur Lane!
Hoping she may appear in Kancolle next.
Yeah. Enty and Best girl
@@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.
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."
"Second star to the right....
And forward till morning!"
"Think they'll build another one?"
"Plenty of letters left in the alphabet"
It’s absolutely disgusting that she was scrapped the most decorated ship in the war. The navy should be ashamed of itself.
I agree
Yet it's legend lives on...
along with uss barb and hms warspite.
Maintaining a ship of that size is quite expensive.
Wasnt the navy's decision, majority wanted it preserved however not enough funding and support was put forward by congress and others
May history never forget the name Enterprise.
Indeed
This video pay tribute to several Veterans during the World War 2
Aye
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!)
and azur lane too
The USS Enterprise escaped death so many times it’s kinda funny/unbelievable
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.
Only to be scrapped.
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
@@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.
@@moappleseider1699yep, Jack Taylor, as he was an F6F fighter pilot on the Enterprise
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.
The Enterprise has had an astounding effect on culture, not just warfare. As clearly shown by Gene Roddenberry. Rest his soul
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.
I understand that Halsey himself fought to have her preserved but was unable to do so.
@ELCADAROSA He tried, but was unable to secure the funding needed.
“Eight ships have born the name Enterprise”
Star Trek fans: *“Well actually…”*
yes we beg to differ. We respectfully disagree!
The British & French Navies had ships named "Enterprise" way before the USA was independent
if you wanna count the space shuttle its 9
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!😊
@@MainMite06 of which Colonel John Mitchell stole ( boarded and captured) one of those ships.
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.
Gene Roddenberry was pilot in the CV-6 indeed, The USS Enterprise from Star Trek Is named for this Carrier but as NCC-1701
A ship so badass is became a spaceship
And a sexy waifu
@@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.
@@jaywerner8415 She's like the centerpiece of the whole anime.
@@laurencesnee8362 Yeah pretty much.
Owari Da(It's Over) by jiren and enty
CV-6
CVN-65
CVN-80
NX-01
NCC-1701
The legacy lives on
What about Roberts?
Enterprise Rent A Car was also named after her.
OV-101 as well (space shuttle)
Cant wait for CVN-80
@@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
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.😊
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.
@@tremedar true I forgot that Old Ironsides is still a commissioned warship. I should have said record aircraft carrier in service
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
@@jakerocinante1133 Yeah, every Fourth of July the old lady goes for a stroll, saying hello to all the young whippersnappers in Boston Harbor.
@@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.
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.
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.
USS Laffey, the Allen M Sumner class one, also bore that name. A little Destroyer hit by five kamikazes, but absolutely REFUSED to die.
@@genericnamehere7602 Six kamikazes. And don't forget the twenty-odd others that missed or were shot down.
And as an waifu ship
Eagle Union's strongest aircraft carrier.
Azur lane reference I see
Yeah
"Enterprise ready? Engage!!!!"
I'm surprised Belfast isn't making her drink tea or something
San diego lurking at the distance: I'm going to ruin you skk!
One thing I have to give credit for. You have the correct aircraft models for the different refits throughout Enterprise’s time in WW2
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)
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.
Or the story of the one U-boat that terrorise the Eastern Seaboard of the United State
You should look up the Last Naval Battle of ww2.
"And Admiral.... It is the Enterprise."
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.
“Let’s make sure that history never forgets the name, Enterprise.”
The USS Yorktown deserves its own movie or series. The ship had a short, but legendary service history.
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 ...
@@seanbigay1042 I know all that already
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
Unfortunately she was sunk 6 months in the war.
@@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.
The fact that the Big E was scrapped makes me sad. It would've been the perfect museum ship!
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.
Damn travesty that the USS Enterprise was not converted into a floating museum. That WWII ship is rife with history!
YES! You finally did it! THANK YOU! Thank you for making a video on this amazing ship!
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!
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.
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.
"Let's make sure history never forgets the name Enterprise."
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.
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.
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.
I call it the excelsior block two.
Because the Enterprise B is an Excelsior Refit like the USS Lakota
@@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.
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.
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.
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.
If only the captain of the current one was named “Kirk”
@@Gamer88334sorry, it's the character of Star Trek
@@azimisyauqieabdulwahab9401 I meant the captain of the current Enterprise in real life.
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.
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.
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.
“I was saving the planet from an Axis of Darkness while you were back home opening National Parks! Yes!” Winston Churchill
Also created the bengal famine
By saying those words, who he (Winston Churchill) was prefered to? 🤔😅
While “you were being a successful private citizen I killed half a million allied troops at gallipoli”
@@ricardscelms8374 Epic Rap Battles of History. Churchill VS Teddy Roosevelt.
“If Rushmore was a band, then you’ed play bass!” Winston Churchill.
"Let's make sure history never forgets the name Enterprise"
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.
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.
USS Enterprise
What a Legend
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.
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.
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.
USS San Diego, Gridley sisters, San Francisco, Pensacola, & Saratoga-
*And what about us?*
All ships of that class took enormous punishment, but for the grace of God she did not get torpedoed.
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.
Best ship from both ww2 and star trek
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
MIDWAY!
@@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
Great video I love watching videos of our beloved Enterprise!
Fun fact: CVN-76 is the carrier that Maverick and Goose were assigned to in Top Gun
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.
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.
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.
@@MainMite06 iirc the crew even put up a banner on the flight deck that said "Enterprise vs Japan"
@@FevnorTheWolf Yep that was real, but Enterprise wasnt alone they had escorts like the Gridley destroyers, Battleship North Carolina, & light cruiser North Hampton too
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.
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.
Did you forget. That the Uss ward was the first ship to sink a Japanese boat.(submarine)
To be a bit pedantic; that happened right before, though was part of, the attack and Japans Deceleration of War.
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.
And then it became an icon of Star Trek!
Finally the big e getting the recognition she deserves 🎉 CVN-6 forever
Actually cv-6 CVN stands for fixed wing nuclear carrier
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
The ship that haunts their enemies until today. It is called, “Enterprise”.
Anyone else have a smile on seeing this video pop up? Heavy Battle 360 Nostalgia on my end.
"Let's make sure that history never forgets the name Enterprise". - Uknown
CPT J.L. Picard, USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D
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"
"Let's Make sure History Never Forgets the Name, Enterprise" - Captain Picard, 2360s
CVN-65, in a class by herself. Enterprise Class.
But it was mostly a larger nuclear powered Kitty Hawk class supercarrier..
10:49 i can hear the trekkie's aneurisms popping
Fate protects fools, kids and ship's named enterprise
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
Fate protects little children, fools, and ships named Enterprise.
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.
I clicked on this at Warp 7
This was the inspiration for Star Trek's Enterprise
The Mighty E held the line against the IJN while the US Navy recovered after Pearl. She DESERVED to live on.
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
Let's make sure history never forgets... the name..."Enterprise"!
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
Still tossing in my vote for MACV-SOG, the secret unit around Nam
I second this vote!
MACV-SOG, huh? They were one badass secret unit in Vietnam.
How good are they?
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.
Let’s make sure History never forgets the name Enterprise
This was and still is my favorite warship in the world
the most legendary carrier ever amazingly portrayed in Midway movie
My father served on destroyers that escorted the Enterprise. It was an impressive ship.
Did your father serve in Gridley Destroyers, Fletcher Destroyers or anything else written in history that bodygaurded CV6?
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
Found the weeb
Finally the channel did it!! My favorite ship being honored! God bless those who served on the ship, in ww2 and in the armed forces
Fate protects fools, children and SHIPS NAMED ENTERPRISE 😁👍👏
Star Trek Online reference
@@linkandtwilightsparkleandf6615 TNG, but yes 😁
@@linkandtwilightsparkleandf6615 Star trek TNG It's from Commander William T. Riker from the Enterprise-D
An Excelsior class at the end. Oh the trek fan in me is hurting. You're looking for a Constitution class my friend.
“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.”
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?
@@Suto_Ko Project Habakkuk
@@jhnshep Ah, Project Habakkuk, A fascinating World War II project that aimed to build an aircraft carrier out of ice and wood.
@@Suto_Ko IT KINDA works.....till the ship literally MELTS.
OWARI DA!
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.
The USS Enterprise is a very famous carrier
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.
The Enterprise is truly a really useful ship; a pity he was scrapped in the late 50s
The USS ENTERPRISE was and still is an absolute legend.
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.
The USS Enterprise is still by far my favorite ship in history
Video idea: The Montana class battleship
ITS ABOUT TIME!
THANKS, SIMPLE HISTORY!
Fate protects fools, little children, and ships named Enterprise
Why you dry hating?
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.
Didn't USS Ward claim first blood? Good video none the less.
Yes, she nailed one of the 5 midget subs at the battle.
@@jonmcgee6987 5? i though it only 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!
The owari da is real