8 Facts About Enterprise

1. In February 1997, Enterprise entered Newport News Shipbuilding for an extended selective restrictive availability lasting four-and-a-half months.

2. On 28 June 1996, Enterprise began her 15th overseas deployment.

3. In September 1989, Enterprise left Alameda and began her 14th overseas deployment, an around-the-world cruise that would end at the ship's new homeport of Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia.

4. In July 1976, Enterprise began her eighth Western Pacific deployment.

5. In September 1974, Enterprise became the first carrier to deploy with the new fighter plane when she made her seventh WESTPAC deployment.

6. On November 18, 1985, Enterprise was ferried to Washington, DC, where it became property of the Smithsonian Institution.

7. On January 31, 1977, Enterprise was taken by road to Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base to begin operational testing.

8. On September 17, 1976, Enterprise was rolled out of Rockwell's plant at Palmdale, California.