Photo #: NH 98108
USS Enterprise (CVAN-65)
Underway in formation with USS Long Beach (CGN-9), center,
and USS Bainbridge (DLGN-25), at top, probably in the
Mediterranean Sea in June-July 1964.
Members of Enterprise's crew are in a flight deck formation
spelling out Albert Einstein's equation for nuclear energy. Planes
on her flight deck include 9 A-5, 22 A-4; 10 F-4; 14 F-8 and
2 E-1 types. Those aft are parked in an arrowhead arrangement.
The photograph was released for publication on 30 July 1964,
upon the commencement of Operation "Sea Orbit", the
circumnavigation of the World by Task Force One, made up of the
Navy's first three nuclear-powered surface ships.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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