The Grey Ghost of WW2 - USS Enterprise 

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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

'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.

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

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.

"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

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."

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

May history never forget the name Enterprise.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

Eagle Union's strongest aircraft carrier.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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!

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 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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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 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

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

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.

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

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

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".

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.

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

Fate protects fools, little children, 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.

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.

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

USS Enterprise What a Legend

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

Fate protects fools, kids and ship's named enterprise

Best ship from both ww2 and star trek

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"

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

And then it became an icon of Star Trek!

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

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

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

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.”

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

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.

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

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

Let’s make sure History never forgets the name Enterprise

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.

"Fate protects fools, little children, and ship's named Enterprise"

The USS Enterprise is a very famous carrier

10:49 i can hear the trekkie's aneurisms popping

the most legendary carrier ever amazingly portrayed in Midway movie

Everyone forgets about the Yorktown, she was marked the flagship of the pacific fleet for a reason. A shame she was sunk by the submarine, because she may as well have become what the Enterprise filled the role of.

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.

Great video I love watching videos of our beloved Enterprise!

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

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!

What's disheartening is that not only was cvn6 scrapped and not made a museum, but so was cvn65, which had her own decent legacy. Both of these ships deserved their own spot moored to a dock for people to visit. At least we still have four Iowa Class ships to visit.

The owari da is real

“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.

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.

Heard this joke/story recently. Parts salvaged from USS Enterprise, CVN-65 are to be used in the construction of USS Enterprise CVN-80. It is said that there were parts of USS Enterprise CV-6 used in the construction of CVN-65. This means that USS Enterprise CVN-80 is not a new ship. Rather it is merely the second massive refit of the original aircraft carrier USS Enterprise CV-6.

The USS Maddox also claimed first blood in the Gulf of Tonkin. Unfortunately, they just wanted to start a war though and never shot anything. Also strange how the best versions of anything usually get destroyed before the claim can be verified. Always in interest to destroy your best things.

Let history never forget the sailors and pilots who served in the US Navy....and ships named Enterprise.

i love that enterprise B at the end

There were Japanese who thought she was some kind of wraith or at least possessed by one. To us...She was a heroine, as much a hero as any other soldier, sailor or aviator.

Enterprise is a legendary ship. Her name will forever be remembered!

Most battle stars of any ship in US Navy history. At one point she was the only battle ready carrier in the Pacific. That didn’t phase the crew, they simply posted a sign that said “Enterprise vs Japan”, which they deemed to be a fair fight.

Wasn't the Enterprise car rental set up by one of her former crew members? I think he tried to raise money to save her but sadly failed

USS Enterprise... A fighting city of steel. She is the most revered and decorated ship of WWII. When threats loom on the seas, in the skies, and in the ocean depths... there's nowhere to run when the battle is all around you...

Awesome ... (read in Cartman's voice)

FUN FACT: 10:47 Gene Roddenberry first used USS Yorktown as the name of his starship when writing out the pilot episode but then switched to USS Enterprise before going into full-production.