Miller’s life-like model of the USS Missouri, an Iowa-class battleship built in the 1940s, won first place in the Veterans ...

The model, in the opening credits of Star Trek, had been missing since the 1970s. It popped up on eBay last fall. The seller helped facilitate its return to the family of the creator of Star Trek.

As the Essex class carriers began to come into service in 1943, Enterprise’s importance to the war decreased. A four month overhaul in mid-1943 helped bring it back to full combat effectiveness.