U.S. Navy Nuclear Aircraft Carrier on Fire: A Single Rocket Explosion Triggered 18 Blasts and Killed 28 Sailors on USS Enterprise

U.S. Navy Nuclear Aircraft Carrier on Fire: A Single Rocket Explosion Triggered 18 Blasts and Killed 28 Sailors on USS Enterprise

The U.S. Navy’s USS Enterprise Aircraft Carrier Was Hit with a Historic Fire. And Onboard a Nuclear Warship, That Is a Crisis  Besides being the name of the heroic starship (registration number NCC-1701) in the blockbuster Star Trek franchise, USS Enterprise is the most time-honored name for U.S. Navy aircraft carriers (yes, even more so than USS Yorktown). In World War II, CV-6, nicknamed “Big E,” was the most decorated USN vessel of the war, a…