Sunday Ship History at EagleSpeak
October 7th, 2007 by xformed
History about the first “Big E”. Worth a read…and, it fits well that this is also the day the CV-6 was commissioned in 1936.
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October 7th, 2007 at 3:21 pm
Enterprise Week…
On a bright October Saturday in 1936, a sleek steel hull, 800 feet in length, towering over the assembled dignitaries and onlookers, slipped the ways of Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company….