GC3CZ9F S1 - GCHR Battleship (USS Enterprise CV-6) (Unknown Cache) in Virginia, United States created by GCHR Fleet Command

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P 011830Z FEB 12 ZYB

FM CACHE STRIKE FORCE LEADER//

TO GCHR STRIKE FORCE ALPHA//

INFO GCHR HAMPTON ROADS VA//

CONFIDENTIAL //N02319//

MSGID/FLASH/GCHR HUNTERS//

SUBJ/ GCHR BATTLESHIP – TARGET IDENTIFIED – USS ENTERPRISE CV-6//

REF/A (visit link) //

RMKS/ 1. ALL HANDS BE ADVISED, CARRIER TARGET IDENTIFIED. LOCATE CLUES AND COMPLETE FOLLOWING INFORMATION FOR LOCATION: N 36 AB.CDE :: W 076 FG.HIJ

2. TARGET HISTORY - USS ENTERPRISE (CV-6), THE "BIG E," WAS THE SIXTH AIRCRAFT CARRIER OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY AND THE SEVENTH U.S. NAVY SHIP TO BEAR THE NAME. LAUNCHED IN 1936, SHE WAS A SHIP OF THE YORKTOWN CLASS, AND ONE OF ONLY THREE AMERICAN CARRIERS COMMISSIONED PRIOR TO WORLD WAR II TO SURVIVE THE WAR (THE OTHERS BEING SARATOGA AND RANGER). SHE PARTICIPATED IN MORE MAJOR ACTIONS OF THE WAR AGAINST JAPAN THAN DID ANY OTHER US SHIP. THESE ACTIONS INCLUDED THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY, THE BATTLE OF THE EASTERN SOLOMONS, THE BATTLE OF THE SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS, VARIOUS OTHER AIR-SEA ENGAGEMENTS DURING THE GUADALCANAL CAMPAIGN, THE BATTLE OF THE PHILIPPINE SEA, AND THE BATTLE OF LEYTE GULF, AS WELL AS THE "DOOLITTLE RAID" ON TOKYO. ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS DURING THE PACIFIC WAR, THE JAPANESE ANNOUNCED THAT SHE HAD BEEN SUNK IN BATTLE. ENTERPRISE EARNED 20 BATTLE STARS, THE MOST FOR ANY U.S. WARSHIP IN WORLD WAR II. SOME HAVE LABELED HER THE MOST GLORIOUS AND HONORED SHIP IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY, RIVALED ONLY PERHAPS BY THE 18TH CENTURY FRIGATE USS CONSTITUTION. AWARDS RECEIVED: CAMPAIGN STAR, 20 BATTLE STARS, PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION, NAVY UNIT COMMENDATION, AMERICAN DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL ("FLEET" CLASP), AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL (20 STARS), WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL, PHILIPPINE PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION, PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL (1 STAR), AND THE BRITISH ADMIRALTY PENNANT

3. BE ADVISED – FINAL LOCATION EXHIBITS THE FOLLOWING : AREA OFTEN WET AND MUDDY, HIGH INSECT ACTIVITY IN WARM MONTHS, SERIOUS COORDINATE DRIFT LIKELY, .DAYLIGHT ATTACK ONLY AUTHORIZED – NO NIGHT OPERATIONS PERMITTED.

4. UPON COMPLETION OF ASSIGNMENT REPORT STATUS TO WWW.GEOCACHING.COM AND STANDBY FOR FURTHER ORDERS.//

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