An original 40mm brass shell from the World War II aircraft carrier, 17.5 in. long, with ‘USS ENTERPRISE’ etched on the side, and ‘Lot No 0353 12-43 4 OMM MK2 AL’, with a device of an anchor on the bottom. Following the conclusion of the war, the USS ENTERPRISE (CV-6) was deemed surplus for the needs of America's navy. She entered the New York Shipyard on 18 January 1946 for deactivation and was decommissioned on 17 February 1947. Subsequent attempts were made at preserving the ship as a museum or memorial, but fund-raising efforts failed to raise enough money to buy the vessel from the Navy, and Enterprise was sold on 1 July 1958 to the Lipsett Corporation of New York City for scrapping at Kearny, New Jersey.