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On This Day: April 28, 1986 - USS Enterprise Becomes the First Nuclear-Powered Aircraft Carrier to Visit the Suez Canal

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On This Day: April 28, 1986 - USS Enterprise Becomes the First Nuclear-Powered Aircraft Carrier to Visit the Suez Canal.

On April 28, 1986, the USS Enterprise made history by becoming the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to travel through the Suez Canal. This major event demonstrated the evolving strength and mobility of the United States Navy during a tense period of the Cold War.

The USS Enterprise was sent to the region to relieve the USS Coral Sea as part of operations in the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean. Its passage through the Suez Canal highlighted the United States' ability to deploy...
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