Talk:USS Enterprise (CVN-65)

Complement discrepancy: infobox maximum 5,828 vs lead's 4,600

The article gives contradictory figures for the crew complement of USS Enterprise (CVN-65).

Infobox (complement field): "5,828 (maximum) — Ship's company: 3,000 (2,700 Sailors, 150 Chiefs, 150 Officers); Air wing: 1,800 (250 pilots and 1,550 support personnel)" [the components total to 4,800, not 5,828 — a separate internal arithmetic issue — but the headline figure is 5,828].

Lead paragraph: "Enterprise had a crew of some 4,600 service members."

The gap between the infobox maximum (5,828) and the lead's stated crew (4,600) is 1,228 people — not a rounding difference. Neither figure is annotated to explain the discrepancy. It is possible that "5,828" is a wartime or surge-capacity maximum while "4,600" reflects typical operational manning, but the article does not say so, leaving readers with two conflicting numbers and no way to reconcile them. The lead should either cite its source or clarify that it is describing a typical (not maximum) complement. Rome (talk) 17:48, 5 May 2026 (UTC)