On Jduring the Battle of Midway in the morning four Japanese carriers launched attacks on Midway Island. Fletcher in Yorktown, with two cruisers, and six destroyers, sailed to support TF 16 as senior officer, Rear Admiral Fletcher became "Officer in Tactical Command". Spruance, CTF-16, with orders "to hold Midway and inflict maximum damage on the enemy by strong attrition tactics." With Enterprise in TF 16 were Hornet, six cruisers, and 10 destroyers. On Enterprise sortied as the flagship of Rear Admiral Raymond A. Ordered back to Hawaii, the carrier entered Pearl Harbor on May 26, and began intensive preparations to meet the expected Japanese attack at Midway. The task force was detected and after launching the B-25s and returns to Pearl Harbor on April 25, 1943.įive days later, sent to the South Pacific, missing the Battle of the Coral Sea. On ApEnterprise fighters flew a combat air patrol (CAP) as the sixteen B-25 Mitchells of the "Doolittle Raid" take off. On April 8, 1942, Enterprise departs Pearl Harbor to rendezvous with USS Hornet and steamed westward to launch 16 B-25 Mitchell bombers for the "Doolittle Raid" against Japan. During a side over maneuver, SBD 2136 collides with SBD 2165 causing both planes to crash, the pilots managed to bail out and were rescued but the passengers went missing.
On Apon a patrol mission off Oahu launches nine SBDs on a patrol mission. Afterwards, returns to Pearl Harbor for minor alterations and repairs. Halsey composed of USS Enterprise (CV-6) with cruiser and destroyer screening force launch planes to strike Wake and Marcus. On Februassigned to Task Force 16 (TF-16) striking force under the command of Vice Admiral W. Enterprise sustained minor damage from a Japanese counterattack then retires to Pearl Harbor for repairs. On Februassigned to Task Force 8 (TF-8) her carrier aircraft strike Kwajalein, Wotje, and Maloelap in the Marshall Islands, sinking three ships, damaging eight, and destroying numerous airplanes and ground facilities. The crew survived for 34 days at sea in their life raft before reaching Puka Puka Island. On JanuEnterprise crossed the equator and launched TBD Devastator 0335 on a reconnaissance mission and ran out of fuel and ditched. After a brief layover at Pearl Harbor, the Enterprise group departed on January 11, 1942, to protect a convoy reinforcing Samoa. During the last two weeks of December 1941, Enterprise and her group move west of Hawaii to cover those islands while two other carrier groups made a belated attempt to relieve Wake Island. On December 10, 1941, Enterprise aircraft sank the Japanese submarine I-70 in Hawaiian waters. Afterwards, Enterprise entered Pearl Harbor for fuel and supplies and sailed early the next morning to patrol against any additional attacks on Hawaii. The carrier assembled her remaining aircraft in a search for the Japanese striking force, but failed to locate them. During the attack, Enterprise SBD Dauntless dive bombers arrived over Pearl Harbor and six were shot down by the Japanese including SBD Dauntless 2159. On DecemEnterprise was en route to Hawaii when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and Oahu. On December 2, 1941, delivered F4F Wildcats for Marine Fighting Squadron 211 (VMF-211) to Wake Island Airfield then departed for Pearl Harbor.
Assigned to the Pacific Fleet, Enterprise transited the Panama Canal to San Diego then proceeded to Pearl Harbor. Operated off the east coast of the United States and Caribbean until April 1939. On December 21, 19438 placed under the command of Captain Charles A. During her career, the aircraft carrier had several nicknames including Big E, Lucky E, The Grey Ghost and The Galloping Ghost.įor her shakedown cruise, steamed southward to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Navy (USN) as as the sixth aircraft carrier of the United States Navy with Captain Newton H. Navy ship named Enterprise sponsored by Lulie Swanson, wife of Secretary of the Navy Claude A.
Launched Octoas USS Enterprise as the seventh U.S. Laid down Jas a Yorktown-class aircraft carrier. Built by Newport News Shipbuilding Company.
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