Operation Sea Orbit was the 1964 around-the-world cruise of the United States Navy's Task Force One, consisting of USS Enterprise (CVAN-65), USS Long Beach (CGN-9), and USS Bainbridge (DLGN-25). This all-nuclear-powered unit steamed 30,565 miles unrefuelled around the world for sixty-five days.
Operation Sea Orbit route.
Enterprise, Long Beach, and Bainbridge underway in the Mediterranean
Executive Officer of the Bainbbridge, Commander William A. Spencer, scans the shoreline as Task Force ONE enters port at Karachi, Pakistan
USS Enterprise (CVN-65), formerly CVA(N)-65, is a decommissioned United States Navy aircraft carrier. In 1958, she was the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and the eighth United States naval vessel to bear the name. Like her predecessor of World War II fame, she is nicknamed "Big E". At 1,123 feet (342 m), she is the longest naval vessel ever built and the only ship of a class that was originally planned to have five other ships. Her 93,284-long-ton (94,781 t) displacement ranks her class as the third largest carrier class, after the Nimitz class and the Gerald R. Ford class. Enterprise had a crew of some 4,600 service members.
USS Enterprise underway in the Atlantic Ocean
Christening at Newport News shipyard in 1960
USS Enterprise, official postmark and cachet mailed during Guantanamo (GITMO) Shake Down Cruise 10 February 1962
Enterprise is christened at Newport News shipyard in 1960.