T he USS Enterprise (CV-6), more affectionately known as the “Big E,” has been a monumental icon of the might and resilience ...

The USS Enterprise (CV-6), commissioned in May 1938, was to become the most important American aircraft carrier to serve ...

its aircraft carriers — USS Lexington (CV-2), USS Saratoga (CV-3), and USS Enterprise (CV-6) — weren't in port, so the Japanese fleet couldn't find them, leaving them unscathed. Before that ...

Read on to discover history's most iconic ships, from Darwin's HMS Beagle to the legendary Titanic and more... Dating from ...