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Why are there two aircraft carrier companies in the United States (one in World War II and one in active service)?

Enterprise (CV-6) aircraft carrier

The CV-6 Enterprise is the sixth aircraft carrier in the history of the US Navy and the second of the York-class aircraft carriers. The ship was approved for construction on August 3rd, 1933, and started construction at newport news Shipyard in newport news, Virginia on July 7th the following year. /kloc-0 went online on October 3rd 1936, and began to serve in May 1938. After completion, the standard displacement is 2 1.98 million tons, and the full-load displacement is 25,500 tons. The captain is 246.7 meters, the flight deck is 33.4 meters wide, the waterline is 232 meters long and 25.4 meters wide, and the draft is 7.9 meters when fully drained. 9 boilers, 4 Parsons turbines, 4 shafts, main engine output power1.2000 horsepower. The maximum speed is 32.5 knots, and the endurance 12500 nautical miles/15 knots. Armed with 8 single-barrel 127mm guns, 4 combined 28mm cannons and 24 12.7mm anti-aircraft machine guns. There are about 90 carrier-based aircraft. 194 1 annual staffing 22 17.

In the Pacific War, the Enterprise, known as the "Big E", narrowly escaped death and won 20 Battle Star medals, becoming the first aircraft carrier to win the presidential collective award. It is also the only aircraft carrier in the United States that won both the Presidential Collective Award and the Naval Collective Award in World War II.