USS Enterprise (CVN–65) Inactivation Ceremony
(December 01, 2012)

I made a pilgrimage to Norfolk, VA at the end of November 2012 to honor my Dad.  For those of you who don't know, my Dad served aboard the USS Enterprise (CVN–65) from August 1967 until August 1969.  After over fifty years of service, the ship was deactivated.  I was honored to be sitting in the front row (middle section) during the ceremony—and to be sitting next to my Dad's boss (in the shipboard dental clinic) and only several rows away from the other dentist who served with my Dad.  I know my Dad would have been been thrilled to know I was there!  The inactivation ceremony can be viewed on the US Navy Web Site— http://www.navy.mil/viewVideo.asp?id=17860. Click on any image to view an enlarged version of the photograph.

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First view of the USS Enterprise	>Empty chairs after the ceremony
Proud Number Sixty-Five	The new island
My Dad's fellow dentists	Anchors Away!

The final disembarking

The Wall Of Honor