File:USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) christening at Neport News SB 1960.jpg

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Description View of the christening of the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) at the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newport News, Virginia (USA) on Saturday, 24 September 1960. Enterprise was sponsored by Mrs. William B. Franke, wife of the U.S. Secretary of the Navy. Note the ballistic missile submarine USS Robert E. Lee (SSBN-601) to the left and the Douglas A4D-2 Skyhawk borrowed from Carrier Air Group 8 on deck of the Big E.
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Source Official U.S. Navy photo [1] from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
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