Hail and Farewell

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A sad day has come as the USS Enterprise, the world's first nuclear-powered carrier, comes into port for the last time. Big E has been soldiering along since the 1960s. she's been a good boat too and has plenty to show for her service.

Some of her honors (just a few though)
-the first and only ship of her class
-the first nuclear flatop of course
-The Cuban Missile Crisis
-the boat for the first F-14 deployment (VF-1 and VF-2)
-Deployments to Vietnam (including at the very end for Operation Frequent Wind and one cruise having a MiG kill earned by VF-96)
-Operation Desert Fox
-Operation Allied Force
-Operation Enduring Freedom
-Operation Iraqi Freedom
-Operation Southern Watch

So I give my respects to the Enterprise and hope that she rests in peace (I wish she could become a museum but the Navy having to tear out the reactors once she's officially out will nullify that idea)