The United States Navy <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_carrier" id="mw_A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Aircraft carrier">aircraft carrier</a> <a about="#mwt177" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"USS","href":"./Template:USS"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"Enterprise"},"2":{"wt":"CVN-65"},"3":{"wt":"6"}},"i":0}}]}' href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Enterprise_(CVN-65)" id="mw_Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="USS Enterprise (CVN-65)" typeof="mw:Transclusion">USS<span typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><i>Enterprise</i></a> becomes the first nuclear-powered <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_carrier" id="mw_g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Aircraft carrier">aircraft carrier</a> to transit the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suez_Canal" id="mw_w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Suez Canal">Suez Canal</a>, navigating from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Sea" id="mwAQA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Red Sea">Red Sea</a> to the Mediterranean Sea to relieve the <a about="#mwt178" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"USS","href":"./Template:USS"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"Coral Sea"},"2":{"wt":"CV-43"},"3":{"wt":"6"}},"i":0}}]}' href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Coral_Sea_(CV-43)" id="mwAQE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="USS Coral Sea (CV-43)" typeof="mw:Transclusion">USS<span typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><i>Coral Sea</i></a>.<sup about="#mwt182" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-33"}}' id="cite_ref-33" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./April_29#cite_note-33" id="mwAQI" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 33;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAQM">[33]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-33"><cite about="#mwt179" class="citation web cs1" id="mwCQc"><a class="external text" href="https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/e/enterprise-cvan-65-viii-1986-1990.html" id="mwCQg" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"Enterprise VIII (CVAN-65)1986-1990"</a>. <i id="mwCQk">Naval History and Heritage Command</i>. official U.S. Navy web site. 12 September 2005<span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwCQo">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwCQs">27 Apr</span> 2021</span>. <q id="mwCQw">Beginning at 0300 on 29 April 1986, Enterprise became the first nuclear powered carrier to transit the Suez Canal. ... At 0402, Enterprise entered the canal, exiting at 1514 when she entered the Med for the first time in almost 22 years.</q></cite><span about="#mwt179" class="Z3988" id="mwCQ0" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=Naval+History+and+Heritage+Command&amp;rft.atitle=Enterprise+VIII+%28CVAN-65%291986-1990&amp;rft.date=2005-09-12&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.history.navy.mil%2Fresearch%2Fhistories%2Fship-histories%2Fdanfs%2Fe%2Fenterprise-cvan-65-viii-1986-1990.html&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AApril+29"></span></span>