January 28, 20179 yr The first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier officially decommissions next week. Navy to Give Final Farewell to USS Enterprise at Decommissioning | Military.com The USS Enterprise has spent the past several years being defueled and dismantled at Newport News Shipbuilding, the shipyard where it was built and refueled. The "Big E," as it was affectionately called by its crew, was inactivated from service in 2012 in front of about 12,000 people in a ceremony at Norfolk Naval Station after completing its 25th deployment. More at link.
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