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Ex-Enterprise towed to Mobile under $418.5m contract. Test case for Nimitz-class disposal begins

03.11.2026 13 photos Photos: fot. HII

From the article Ex-Enterprise towed to Mobile under $418.5m contract. Test case for Nimitz-class disposal begins

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Close view of the USS Enterprise carrier's island and hull, with two tugboats in the distance under an overcast sky — fot. HII

USS Enterprise carrier towed by two tugboats, with a US flag on the island and container terminal cranes behind — fot. HII

Decommissioned USS Enterprise carrier on calm water, surrounded by several tugboats marked with the letter M — fot. HII

USS Enterprise carrier seen from the bow, with the tugboat Ocean Sky in the foreground and a bridge in the background — fot. HII

Weathered bow and hull of USS Enterprise with a tow chain, and a small tugboat beside it on dark water — fot. HII

USS Enterprise seen from above, towed by several tugboats including one named Capt. Andrews, on a wide stretch of water — fot. HII

USS Enterprise island with a US flag and radar domes, and a red and black tugboat marked M on the left — fot. HII

USS Enterprise in the distance on open water, towed by four tugboats under a uniformly grey sky — fot. HII

Decommissioned carrier USS Enterprise, hull number 65 on its island, towed across calm water by several tugboats — fot. HII

Decommissioned carrier USS Enterprise seen from the water on its side, with shipyard cranes and cloudy sky behind — fot. HII

Bow of carrier USS Enterprise with anchor chain and US flag, two people on deck and a bridge in the background — fot. HII

Island and hull of USS Enterprise with large number 65, shot from below, with tugboats on the water in the distance — fot. HII

USS Enterprise carrier towed by two tugboats, a white and black one in the foreground, across grey water — fot. HII