The end of an era...

[Wing Nut]

The final voyage of the USS Enterprise...

The carrier that is.  I've been watching this carrier and following it since I was a kid.  Hard to believe she's being retired.   :(

[wifesaysno]

Dang it, you got me beat. I posted something about this too. Deleted.
At any rate, one heck of a ship. Dont you think the lineage of that name has got to be the most famous name in US Naval history (at least carrier wise)? The ship bearing that name in WW2 accomplished so much for a carrier.

[Wing Nut]

They had better not scrap her like they said.  That ship is a national icon...

[Steve M]

"All I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by"

[wifesaysno]

[quote]They had better not scrap her like they said.

[wifesaysno]

http://www.enterprise.navy.mil/

The lineage of this great name. Never mind Star Trek, USS Enterprise CV6 is the stuff legends are made of! Think about this, the name 'Enterprise' dates back to the very beginning of the United States of America and her navy! THAT is incredible! No Enterprise has ever 'died', they are just reborn in a newer form. 
There is already a petition for the next carrier to be named Enterprise  8-)

[ViperPilot]

[quote]They had better not scrap her like they said.

[U4EA]

If there is another carrier built/commisioned, it would be fitting to christen her the Enterprise II, as this one should've been.

Makes me a little sad though.  This was the first ship model I had turn out halfway decent......and the only one not to "suffer" disposal using fireworks!

[AK_Mongo]

Reminded of a poem about another warship...
Old Ironsides by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.  1830

Ay, tear her tattered ensign down!
Long has it waved on high,
And many an eye has danced to see
That banner in the sky;
Beneath it rung the battle shout,
And burst the cannon's roar;--
The meteor of the ocean air
Shall sweep the clouds no more.

Her deck, once red with heroes' blood,
Where knelt the vanquished foe,
When winds were hurrying o'er the flood,
And waves were white below,
No more shall feel the victor's tread,
Or know the conquered knee;--
The harpies of the shore shall pluck
The eagle of the sea!

Oh, better that her shattered hulk
Should sink beneath the wave;
Her thunders shook the mighty deep,
And there should be her grave;
Nail to the mast her holy flag,
Set every threadbare sail,
And give her to the god of storms,
The lightning and the gale!

[Wing Nut]

[quote]If there is another carrier built/commisioned, it would be fitting to christen her the Enterprise II, as this one should've been.

Makes me a little sad though.