USS Enterprise CV-6
The Most Decorated Ship of the Second World War

History: Prewar - 1941 - 1942 - 1943 - 1944 - 1945 - Postwar
The Ship - All Hands - Decorations - Remembrance

Decorations - Battle Stars

The Big E earned 20 of a total of 22 battle stars awarded in the Pacific theatre of operations. A red star - - indicates operations where Enterprise was damaged by air attack.

1. Pearl Harbor
   Anti-Submarine Action, Class B Assessment (December 7-10, 1941)
2. Pacific Raids
   Marshall-Gilbert Islands (February 1, 1942)
   Wake Island (February 24, 1942)
   Marcus Island (March 4, 1942)
3. Battle of Midway (June 4-6, 1942)
4. Battle of Guadalcanal
   Invasion by USMC 1st Division (August 7-9, 1942)
5. Capture and Defense of Guadalcanal (August 10-25, 1942)
6. Battle of the Eastern Solomons (August 24, 1942)
7. Battle of Santa Cruz (October 26, 1942)
8. Naval Battle of Guadalcanal (November 13-15, 1942)
9. Battle of Rennell Island (January 29-30, 1943)
10. Gilbert Islands Operations
    Invasion of Makin Island (November 19 - December 4, 1943)
11. Marshall Islands Operations
    Invasion of Kwajalein (January 28 - February 8, 1944)
    Maloelap/Taroa Raid
12. Asiatic-Pacific Raids
    Truk Islands (February 16-17, 1944) Palau, Yap, Ulithi, Woleai (March 30 - April 1, 1944) Truk Islands (April 29 - May 1, 1944)
13. Hollandia (New Guinea) Operations (April 21-24, 1944)
    Invasion (April 22, 1944)
14. Mariana Islands Operations
    Capture and Occupation of Saipan (June 11-24, 1944)
    Mariana Turkey Shoot (June 19, 1944)
    First Battle of the Philippine Sea (June 20, 1944)
    "The night they turned on the lights" (June 20, 1944)
15. Western Pacific Operations
    Raids on Bonin Islands, Chichi Jima (August 31 - September 2, 1944)
    Raid on Caroline Islands, Yap (September 6, 1944)
    Raid on Palau Islands (September 10-16, 1944)
    Invasion and Capture of Peleliu (September 16, 1944)
    Raid on Okinawa (October 10, 1944)
    Raid on Formosa (October 12, 1944)
    Raid on Manila (October 15-18, 1944
16. Invasion of Leyte Island/3rd Fleet Operations
    Luzon Attacks (October 15 and 17-19, 1944)
    Battle of Leyte Gulf (October 24-26, 1944)
17. Luzon Operations
    Invasion of Luzon (January 6-7, 1945)
    Formosa Raids (January 3, 4, 9, 15, 1945)
    South China Sea Attacks (January 12-16, 1945)
18. Night Carrier Group 90/5th Fleet Raids
    Tokyo and Honshu Raids (February 15-16, 1945)
19. Assault and Occupation of Iwo Jima (February 23 - March 12, 1945)
20. Okinawa Operations
    Pre-Invasion Raids on Kyushu (March 18-20, 1945)
    Invasion and Capture of Okinawa (April 7 - May 15, 1945)
    Kyushu and Shikoku Raids (May 11-16, 1945)

Sources:

St. John, Philip A. USS Enterprise (CV-6).

USS Enterprise CV-6 Association. Battle Star Chronology, USS Enterprise CV-6.