USS Enterprise

Famous fictional starship

USS Enterprise is a name given to multiple United States naval vessels, the most famous being the World War II aircraft carrier that fought at Midway and became the most decorated U.S.

Navy ship of the war.

The name has been carried by nuclear carriers and a Space Shuttle orbiter.

In popular culture, USS Enterprise is the fictional starship in Star Trek: The Enterprise has entered orbit around the planet.

StarTrek

Kirk

Scottish masculine name

  • SpockLogical alien or pediatrician
  • McCoyThe genuine article
  • SuluPhilippine maritime region

Uhura · Chekov · Scotty · starship · phaser · tricorder · Vulcan · Klingon · Romulan · Federation

carrier

flight deck

Pilot's control area

air wing · squadron · sortie · nuclear-powered · Newport News · F-14 Tomcat · carrier strike group · flight operations · tailhook · aviation fuel

iconic

legendary

Famous beyond ordinary measure

famous · renowned · storied · illustrious · pioneering · venerated · tradition · lineage · commemorated · celebrated

RevolutionaryWar

sloop-of-war

Small armed sailing vessel

Lake Champlain · Benedict Arnold · capture · schooner · Age of Sail · wooden ship · naval warfare · Continental Congress · Patriots · colonial

SpaceShuttle

orbiter

Body circling another

  • NASAFederal space exploration bureau
  • prototypeFirst functional specimen
  • rolloutStaged public introduction

1976 · Palmdale · Boeing 747 · unpowered · pathfinder

Categories
Opposites
mobility and deployment

USS Enterprisenaval base

Military port for warships

Pentagon · Pearl Harbor · drydock · dry dock · bunker

naval allegiance

USS EnterpriseBismarck

Prussia's unifying statesman

Yamato · Graf Zeppelin · Fujian · Red October · Charles de Gaulle

fictional vs. real

USS EnterpriseStarship Enterprise

Famous fictional vessel

Family

united, enterprise, states, enterprising, United, States, enterpriser, Enterprise

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G