BK> Remember.. few of the original pre-war Carriers survived WW II.. 
BK> basically the Enterprise and the Sara if memory serves.. Sara was sunk 
BK> right after the war in the Bikini Islands nuclear tests.. CV-6 survived 
BK> until 1959 when she was scrapped. Even Bull Halsey was up in arms about 
BK> scrapping the "E".   
BK>     
While all that is true, it does not mean that's why it was chosen.
No mention of it was made in the Making Of Star Trek, and CVN-65 was around 
at te time too.
It could also have been because ships have been named Enterprise since the 
war of 1812, not to mention merchant ships...
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