Operation Sea Orbit, the first round-the-world voyage by nuclear-powered ships, came to an end as the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise CVN-65 6 and the missile cruiser USS Long Beach CGN-9 6 arrived in Norfolk, Virginia after a 64-day, 32600 miles trip made without refueling; the cruise marked "the first around-the-world showing of the American flag" since the voyage of the Great White Fleet between 1907 and 1909. "'