The team over at Unimax/Forces of Valor have a lot to be proud of with this model. This is a great piece and would make a fine addition to anybodies collection!
The Big E had 8 reactors. 1 core each for what would have been a boiler for a conventionally powered super carrier of her size. 8 boilers traded in for 8 reactors cores. Over kill by today's standards but that's how it was in America in the 60's. Those 8 reactors are part of the reason why we only built one of these things and the following 4 ships after Enterprise went back to burning oil. Way to expansive. We didn't get our next reactor powered carrier until after the Vietnam War ended in 75. I think the Nimitz Ships have the 2 cores.
She was actually launched in 1961. Some have already said, but she had 8 nuclear reactors. All of the Nimitz class have 2 reactors. She was the longest carrier though. 1123 feet Another cool fact is she was the fastest ship in the fleet. I was on board when they did that E=mc2 x 40.
Hey your videos are good, but the Big E had eight, not two, A2W Westinghouse Reactors. Just wanted to say that. Plus the later class of Nimitz Carriers had four, and the Reagan sub-class had two (but more powerful) reactors.
The Editor -- You're slightly mistaken... ALL the later nuclear-powered carriers have had two reactor designs. That turned out to be for the best which is the Ford-class ships are also two-reactor design. That's been the case since the Nimitz was launched in 1975. The reactors on the Reagan ships are technically the same as the Nimitz-class but in the years since the Nimitz was originally commissioned, they improved the life of the cores. I believe they weren't originally 20-25 year lifespan; they may have been closer to 12-15 years core life but they change information about these ships from encyclopedia to encyclopedia and the Navy itself doesn't always keep the best records! The Enterprise's reactor core life was supposed to be closer to 5-7 or roughly 200,000 miles but they got 207,000 miles out of the cores before they first replaced them. I believe they later improved the core life to 11-12 years but it was a more expensive ship to maintain because of the unique 8-reactor design. Spares were more expensive to fashion for a ship that was a single-ship class. Enterprise was a prototype, it was not intended to be a definitive ship but it was a good thing in the end they DIDN'T build more ships like this because that 8-reactor design is making it very difficult and expensive to dismantle the Enterprise. It's docked at Hampton Roads until the Navy figures out HOW to economically dismantle the ship because they already spent $500million defueling it but it still has that radioactive underbelly and EIGHT reactors that need to be safely disposed of! Right now, the USN figures it will cost AT LEAST $1.5billion to finish the job of demolishing the USS Enterprise (CVN-65) but that's a "best guess" estimate! I think personally they may end up sinking it in deep water and "hope for the best" because the scrapping process is proving to be an economic disaster for that ship like any reasonable person would have expected. It's orders of magnitude far more difficult than nuclear-powered subs and a HUGE warning sign for the upcoming decommissionings of the first Nimitz class carriers. ************************ There were plans to do an interim nuclear-design carrier between the Enterprise and Nimitz that may have been a four or six-reactor design. The reason they cancelled it was because the Enterprise itself was at least double over budget by the time it was completed and they decided to wait for a the next-generation design for the Nimitz-class instead of commissioning what probably would have been a more expensive nuke ship. That carrier in construction was finished as a conventional design and became the USS John F Kennedy, CV-67, the last oil-burning carrier commissioned in the USN. She was preceded by USS American, CV-66, another conventionally-powered carrier.
The enterprise had 6 nuclear reactors. They had to reinforce the floor of the ship to keep it from buckling in ruff seas cause if the weight of the reactors
Um when you said "the enterprise is the ONLY US ship with four rudders" don't forget the Arizona. (But I kinda think you said "the enterprise is the only aircraft carrier in US history with four rudders)
+GunshipProductions hehe Yeah, I was referring to 'modern' US carriers. I kinda shoot from the hip with these videos - which means sometimes I'll get stuff wrong. :D
The Big E was longer AND taller than the Nimitz. The Nimitz-class ships displace more tonnage -- 100,000 to 103,000 tons depending on which subclass they belong to -- and are wider at the flight deck. The Enterprise was originally spec'd at 89,000 tons full load but grew to 93,000 (max) gross tonnage through modifications made to the ship over its in-service life. The USS Enterprise has been 1123 ft long since it was commissioned. It was NOT lengthened during the 1979-1981 island remodelling. It's always been 1123 ft long. National Geographic reported that figure back in an article about the ship in the mid-1960s. The Nimitz-class ships are 1092 ft long. Why the Navy decided on that, I don't know... The lengths of preceding supercarriers were a bit variable. The JFK, the last conventionally-powered carrier, was actually SHORTER than the preceding three Kitty Hawk-class carriers. No two ships of ANY carrier class are identical... There's always slight variations between sister ships as they incorporate new technologies AND figure out the more efficient methods to build these ships. That's why larger carrier classes get sub-divisions. There are at least 3 subdivisions within the Nimitz class alone (Nimitz, Theodore Roosevelt, Reagan) and even then there were significant differences between the Reagan and Bush in outfitting. The Bush was clearly a "transition" ship built with even more features intended for the Ford-class including a dramatically different island design. When the Kitty Hawk-class ships were originally commissioned, they were NOT originally called Kitty Hawk-class but "improved Forrestal class" ships and traditionally the JFK (CV-67) was classed with those three preceding conventionally powered carrier (CV-63, CV-64, CV-66) even though the JFK was officially classed as a single-class ship just like the Enterprise (CVN-65) was! The flight deck layout of the Kitty Hawk was radically different from the Forrestal ships -- mainly in the deck elevator locations -- which justified making the Kitty Hawks a separate class. JFK SHOULD be considered a separate class ship because of a radically different deck design from the preceding ships which was MUCH closer to the layout and edge design the Nimitz-class ships use. The Enterprise is closer in appearance in deck-shape to the Kitty Hawk ships than the JFK or Nimitz ships, too.
@@18bricksofsteel60 Not quite 100 ft... Try more like 31 ft. The Nimitz-ships are technically 1092 ft long although I've read 1100-1102 ft long in some cases. They haven't increased the length in the Ford-class ships. Apparently, they got the dimensions right with the Nimitz-class ships! Now, WHY the Ford-class ships will be AT LEAST $10 billion a piece is a question nobody in the Navy is answering right now and frankly I think they're clueless, too! At any rate, the National Geographic magazine reported the Enterprise as 1123 ft long back in the mid-1960s! Some magazines have reported the Enterprise as 1102 ft long but that may not be including the projections/"tongs" at the forward edge of the flight deck.
Thanks for making me aware of this. I'm gonna pick it up. Glad to see a company is doing ready made models.
Just ordered this one! I’ve also got Missouri and Tirpitz from the Forces of Valor series, so I’m optimistic!
The Big E had 8 reactors. 1 core each for what would have been a boiler for a conventionally powered super carrier of her size. 8 boilers traded in for 8 reactors cores. Over kill by today's standards but that's how it was in America in the 60's. Those 8 reactors are part of the reason why we only built one of these things and the following 4 ships after Enterprise went back to burning oil. Way to expansive. We didn't get our next reactor powered carrier until after the Vietnam War ended in 75. I think the Nimitz Ships have the 2 cores.
Just the following 2 ships were conventional after Enterprise: CV-66 America and CV-67 JFK. Nimitz class carriers started with CVN-68.
She was actually launched in 1961. Some have already said, but she had 8 nuclear reactors. All of the Nimitz class have 2 reactors. She was the longest carrier though. 1123 feet
Another cool fact is she was the fastest ship in the fleet. I was on board when they did that E=mc2 x 40.
" do you know vhere 've can find the nuclear wessels ? The nuclear wessels?" Commander Chekov,Star Trek 4, " The voyage home". 1986.
Good vid uss enterprise is my favorite carrier in ww2 and same with its named successors
Great Video!
Joe Bridge Thanks Joe!
Oh yeah apparently enterprise is longer than nimitz and ford class carriers
u seem to know your stuff I will have to get one
And kitty hawk also have 4 rudder
Hey your videos are good, but the Big E had eight, not two, A2W Westinghouse Reactors. Just wanted to say that. Plus the later class of Nimitz Carriers had four, and the Reagan sub-class had two (but more powerful) reactors.
+TheEditor - Thanks for the correction man!
The Editor --
You're slightly mistaken...
ALL the later nuclear-powered carriers have had two reactor designs. That turned out to be for the best which is the Ford-class ships are also two-reactor design. That's been the case since the Nimitz was launched in 1975. The reactors on the Reagan ships are technically the same as the Nimitz-class but in the years since the Nimitz was originally commissioned, they improved the life of the cores. I believe they weren't originally 20-25 year lifespan; they may have been closer to 12-15 years core life but they change information about these ships from encyclopedia to encyclopedia and the Navy itself doesn't always keep the best records!
The Enterprise's reactor core life was supposed to be closer to 5-7 or roughly 200,000 miles but they got 207,000 miles out of the cores before they first replaced them. I believe they later improved the core life to 11-12 years but it was a more expensive ship to maintain because of the unique 8-reactor design. Spares were more expensive to fashion for a ship that was a single-ship class. Enterprise was a prototype, it was not intended to be a definitive ship but it was a good thing in the end they DIDN'T build more ships like this because that 8-reactor design is making it very difficult and expensive to dismantle the Enterprise. It's docked at Hampton Roads until the Navy figures out HOW to economically dismantle the ship because they already spent $500million defueling it but it still has that radioactive underbelly and EIGHT reactors that need to be safely disposed of! Right now, the USN figures it will cost AT LEAST $1.5billion to finish the job of demolishing the USS Enterprise (CVN-65) but that's a "best guess" estimate! I think personally they may end up sinking it in deep water and "hope for the best" because the scrapping process is proving to be an economic disaster for that ship like any reasonable person would have expected. It's orders of magnitude far more difficult than nuclear-powered subs and a HUGE warning sign for the upcoming decommissionings of the first Nimitz class carriers.
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There were plans to do an interim nuclear-design carrier between the Enterprise and Nimitz that may have been a four or six-reactor design. The reason they cancelled it was because the Enterprise itself was at least double over budget by the time it was completed and they decided to wait for a the next-generation design for the Nimitz-class instead of commissioning what probably would have been a more expensive nuke ship. That carrier in construction was finished as a conventional design and became the USS John F Kennedy, CV-67, the last oil-burning carrier commissioned in the USN. She was preceded by USS American, CV-66, another conventionally-powered carrier.
@@AvengerII holy cow
hey where can i get this model?
Wondering if any of the four elevators can be moved up down or not ??
Alex Lo I have it aswell, they don't
Get them is the flying mule and they are in forces of valor
Hi, mau I know if the 4 elevators can be moved or not??
Sorry typo, May i know
Nimitz to
Can you get the uss iowa and new Jersey
The enterprise had 6 nuclear reactors. They had to reinforce the floor of the ship to keep it from buckling in ruff seas cause if the weight of the reactors
kevin self she had 8 nuclear reactors...
The USS Midway, Hornet, And Yorktown also have 4 propellers.
Jen S he didn’t say props, he said rudders
does it float?
No
there not a black gray its the called tyre marks from planes
Fresh coating is pretty dark in color, usually seen after leaving shipyard periods. Fades to lighter color with time and use during deployment cycles.
may I ask does it float ? the model
+shawn godin - Hey Shawn. I have no idea. I'd imagine it will float - for a very, very short while. :D
lol ok thx
Must be 3 (not 4) airbreak trosses on that carrier ) lol
Um when you said "the enterprise is the ONLY US ship with four rudders" don't forget the Arizona. (But I kinda think you said "the enterprise is the only aircraft carrier in US history with four rudders)
+GunshipProductions hehe Yeah, I was referring to 'modern' US carriers. I kinda shoot from the hip with these videos - which means sometimes I'll get stuff wrong. :D
+Shiden Kai ohhhh got you
Also the Nimitz had 4 propellers
Nice vid but believe me nimitz is way larger than big E
Antonius Wahyunugroho unfortunately the Enterprise is the largest warship in history, 100 feet longer than the next largest Nimitz or Ford class
The Big E was longer AND taller than the Nimitz. The Nimitz-class ships displace more tonnage -- 100,000 to 103,000 tons depending on which subclass they belong to -- and are wider at the flight deck. The Enterprise was originally spec'd at 89,000 tons full load but grew to 93,000 (max) gross tonnage through modifications made to the ship over its in-service life.
The USS Enterprise has been 1123 ft long since it was commissioned. It was NOT lengthened during the 1979-1981 island remodelling. It's always been 1123 ft long. National Geographic reported that figure back in an article about the ship in the mid-1960s.
The Nimitz-class ships are 1092 ft long. Why the Navy decided on that, I don't know... The lengths of preceding supercarriers were a bit variable. The JFK, the last conventionally-powered carrier, was actually SHORTER than the preceding three Kitty Hawk-class carriers.
No two ships of ANY carrier class are identical... There's always slight variations between sister ships as they incorporate new technologies AND figure out the more efficient methods to build these ships. That's why larger carrier classes get sub-divisions. There are at least 3 subdivisions within the Nimitz class alone (Nimitz, Theodore Roosevelt, Reagan) and even then there were significant differences between the Reagan and Bush in outfitting. The Bush was clearly a "transition" ship built with even more features intended for the Ford-class including a dramatically different island design.
When the Kitty Hawk-class ships were originally commissioned, they were NOT originally called Kitty Hawk-class but "improved Forrestal class" ships and traditionally the JFK (CV-67) was classed with those three preceding conventionally powered carrier (CV-63, CV-64, CV-66) even though the JFK was officially classed as a single-class ship just like the Enterprise (CVN-65) was! The flight deck layout of the Kitty Hawk was radically different from the Forrestal ships -- mainly in the deck elevator locations -- which justified making the Kitty Hawks a separate class. JFK SHOULD be considered a separate class ship because of a radically different deck design from the preceding ships which was MUCH closer to the layout and edge design the Nimitz-class ships use. The Enterprise is closer in appearance in deck-shape to the Kitty Hawk ships than the JFK or Nimitz ships, too.
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Not quite 100 ft... Try more like 31 ft. The Nimitz-ships are technically 1092 ft long although I've read 1100-1102 ft long in some cases. They haven't increased the length in the Ford-class ships. Apparently, they got the dimensions right with the Nimitz-class ships! Now, WHY the Ford-class ships will be AT LEAST $10 billion a piece is a question nobody in the Navy is answering right now and frankly I think they're clueless, too!
At any rate, the National Geographic magazine reported the Enterprise as 1123 ft long back in the mid-1960s! Some magazines have reported the Enterprise as 1102 ft long but that may not be including the projections/"tongs" at the forward edge of the flight deck.
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The USS midway and i think the USS hornet
does it float?
For a few seconds. Then it will sink very, very quickly!
+Shiden Kai if the hull is plastic, it'll float