Navy The “Big E” Comes Home for the Last Time Nov. 06, 2012 Share Read Later Navy photo / MCS 1st Class (SW/AW) Alice C. HallPort operations personnel stand ready for line handling as the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise makes her last voyage into Naval Station Norfolk. Enterprise has been in commission for 51 years and made 28 deployments around the world. Upon completion of this deployment, the crew of Enterprise will begin to make preparations to inactivate and subsequently decommission the ship.