The USS Enterprise is the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. The world's first nuclear-powered aircraft-carrier, the Enterprise was laid down in 1958 and commissioned in November 1961, as what was then the largest warship ever built. Since exceeded in size by the Nimitz class ships, the Enterprise was built to a modified Forrestal-class design, with its larger dimensions dictated by the powerplant of eight A2W pressurised water enricheduranium fuelled nuclear reactors. The high cost of its construction prevented five other vessels in the naval building programme from being built.Enterprise is currently deployed with the Pacific Fleet and was SLEPed between 1991 and 1994. It is scheduled to be decommissioned in 2013. This warship will be replaced by the new Ford class aircraft carrier, which is currently under construction and is expected to be commissioned in 2015.
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