Operation Sea Orbit

Operation Sea Orbit
Operation Sea Orbit
Part of Cold War (1962–1979)
	Operation Sea Orbit route.
Type	Naval surface warfare and naval air operations
Location	World-wide
Planned by	United States Navy
Objective	First circumnavigation of the world by nuclear-powered surface warships
Date	31 July 1964 to 3 October 1964
Executed by	Rear Admiral Bernard M. Strean, USN; Task Force One:; • USS Enterprise (CVAN-65); • USS Long Beach (CGN-9); • USS Bainbridge (DLGN-25); • Carrier Air Wing Six (CVW-6)
Outcome	Mission successfully accomplished.

Enterprise, Long Beach, and Bainbridge underway in the Mediterranean

Commander William A. Spencer, the executive officer of the Bainbridge, scans the shoreline as Task Force One enters port at Karachi, Pakistan

Operation Sea Orbit was the 1964 circumnavigation of Task Force One of the United States Navy, consisting of the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) and her escorts, the cruisers USS Long Beach (CGN-9), and USS Bainbridge (DLGN-25). This all-nuclear-powered unit sailed 30,565 miles around the world for sixty-five days without refueling.^[1]^[2]

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