USS Enterprise's original crewman joins ship for its final ride

USS Enterprise's original crewman joins ship for its final ride - Navy

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USS Enterprise's original crewman joins ship for its final ride

Related USS Enterprise begins final leg of last deployment The aircraft carrier USS Enterprise arrives at Naval Station Mayport, Fla., on Oct. 31. Harry Andrew D. Gordon/Courtesy of the U.S. Navy ABOARD THE USS ENTERPRISE — Ray H. Godfrey knows he will get emotional when the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise pulls into Naval Station Norfolk for the last time Sunday. For him, the event has been 51 years in the making. Godfrey was 21 when he began his Navy career on Enterprise. He worked on the most advanced component of what was the world's most advanced ship: Its nuclear-powered engines. Now, with the aircraft carrier nearing the end of its 25th and final combat deployment, he has rejoined his old ship for the final ride from Florida into Hampton Roads . He was among 1,500 civilians who came aboard on a sun-splashed Friday while the ship was pier side at Naval Station Maypor...

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