alt Hacker NewsAmusing that the page for ships called HMS Enterprise linked to from the USS Enterprise page points out that the name came originally from the French!
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squigz • yesterday at 2:37 PM
Oh interesting, I didn't know that. It's an even older name than I thought!
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I always thought the carrier was named after Enterprise, PA since the US Navy usually names cruisers after medium sized cities and the earlier carriers were converted cruiser hulls.