The Yorktown class carrier, USS Enterprise (CV6) was about 824 feet long. Her sisters Hornet & Yorktown did not survive WWII; Enterprise was scrapped (re-cycled) in 1959.
From WWII to Vietnam, they were very dangerous. In Vietnam, the USS Enterprise, USS Oriskany, and USS Forrestall, all were involved with explosions and fires destroying men and jet aircraft. Lessons...