Although the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65) is scheduled to be decommissioned in 2016, its legacy lives on, and so does one of its anchors. Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Newport News Shipbuilding division recently installed one of Enterprise’s anchors on younger carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72).
USS Enterprise, originally built by Newport News in the 1960s and refueled for the third and final time in the early ’90s, is currently docked at the shipyard’s Pier 2 for inactivation. After more than 50 years of service, the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier is being put to rest before final disposal.
In a dry dock a few hundred yards from Enterprise, USS Abraham Lincoln, less than half the age of Enterprise, is undergoing its refueling and complex overhaul (RCOH).
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