USS Enterprise (CV-6), the "Big E", was the sixth aircraft carrier of the United States Navy and the seventh US Navy ship to bear that name. She was a Yorktown class aircraft carrier, launched in 1936, and one of only three American carriers commissioned prior to World War II that survived the entirety of the war (the others were Saratoga and Ranger). She was the only ship outside of the British Royal Navy to earn the highest award of the British Admiralty Pennant, and participated in nearly every major engagement of the war against Japan, including the Battle of Midway, the Battle of the Eastern Solomons, the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, various other air-sea actions during the Battle of Guadalcanal, the Battle of the Philippine Sea, and the Battle of Leyte Gulf, as well as participating in the "Doolittle Raid" on Tokyo.
The supercarrier, USS Enterprise (CVN-65), formerly CVA(N)-65, is the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and the eighth U.S. Naval vessel to bear the name. Like her predecessor of World War II fame, she is nicknamed the “Big E†and her name is well known throughout the world.
Enterprise was a Continental Navy sloop-of-war that served in Lake Champlain during the American Revolutionary War. She is the first of a long and prestigious line of United States Navy ships to bear the name Enterprise.
The third USS Enterprise, a schooner, was built by Henry Spencer at Baltimore, Maryland, in 1799, and placed under the command of Lieutenant John Shaw. This ship was overhauled and rebuilt several times, effectively changing from a twelve gun schooner to a fourteen gun topsail schooner and eventually to a brig rigged ship.
The fourth USS Enterprise was a United States Navy schooner.
The fifth USS Enterprise, a barque-rigged screw sloop, was launched 13 June 1874 at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine, USA, by John W. Griffith, a private contractor; and commissioned 16 March 1877, Commander George C. Remey in command.
The USS Enterprise, (NCC-1701) is a fictional starship in the television series Star Trek, which chronicled the vessel's most famous assignment, a five-year mission of exploration and diplomacy under Captain James T. Kirk's command. It is the first Federation starship to bear the name Enterprise, and possibly the most famous spaceship in history (both real or fictional).
The USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) (or Enterprise-D, to distinguish it from prior starships with the same name) is a 24th century starship in the Star Trek fictional universe and the principal setting of the Star Trek: The Next Generation television series. The Enterprise-D is a Galaxy-class ship and the fifth Federation starship to carry the name.
The USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-A) (or Enterprise-A), commissioned in 2286, is a Constitution class starship in the Star Trek fictional universe.
In the Star Trek fictional universe, the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-B) (or Enterprise-B) is a modified Excelsior class starship, commissioned in 2293 and initially captained by John Harriman. The Enterprise-B is the third starship commissioned since the Federation's founding to carry the name. Although it does not appear until Star Trek: Generations, the presence of an Excelsior class model amid the models of other starships Enterprise aboard the Enterprise-D at least informed viewers of its class.
The USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-C) (or Enterprise-C) is a fictional starship that appears in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Yesterday's Enterprise". This Ambassador-class starship, under the command of Captain Rachel Garrett, is the fourth starship Enterprise commissioned since the Federation's founding. A model Enterprise-C appears in the Enterprise-D's conference room, although the shooting model built for "Yesterday's Enterprise" is slightly different than the conference room model.
The fictional Sovereign-class USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-E) (or Enterprise-E) is the primary setting of the films Star Trek: First Contact, Star Trek: Insurrection, and Star Trek: Nemesis. In Star Trek, it is the sixth starship commissioned since the Federation's founding to bear the name Enterprise.
The USS Enterprise XCV 330 is a starship (or spaceship) in the Star Trek universe. Its image appears in Star Trek: The Motion Picture among a chronological series of illustrations depicting previous ships named Enterprise.