I never served on her, I was on the USS Saratoga CV60 during Desert Sheild / Storm and The USS Theodore Roosevelt for the first Operation Denigh Flight.
I agree she has been a big part of our history, and as they say in the TNG, "Dont worry, there is plenty of letters left in the alphabet" Pretty sure we will have a new ENTERPRISE.
On a side note, Having served on 2 fairly old decks, it is probably time to retire her. The snipes have to work round the clock to keep your utilities running, fixing broke stuff everywhere. Yep, Old ships are grand,,, but they are a maintainers nightmare.
