Following their capture of the French Frigate , L'Entreprise , (the first ship ''known'' to have carried the name 'Enterprise'), and its rechristening as The ''Enterprise'' , by the British Royal Navy , numerous ships have been named , including the original prototype Space Shuttle ''Enterprise'' , which was named after the fictional Starship ''Enterprise'' .
Since the 1775 capture of the British supply ship ''HMS George III'' , by American forces in the American Revolutionary War , and its subsequent rechristening as ''the Enterprise'' , there have been ''eight'' ships to bear the name, , in the United States Navy :
Eight ships in the United States Navy carried the name ''.
- USS ''Enterprise'' (1775) , the first ship to bear this name, was originally the uncommissioned British sloop ''George'', captured by American forces in the American Revolutionary War in 1775 . Rechristened ''Enterprise'', she served as a Sloop-of-war during the American Revolution .
- USS ''Enterprise'' (1776) , the second ship to bear this name, was a successful Privateer before she was purchased on 20 December 1776 for the Continental Navy . Commanded by Captain Joseph Campbell, the Schooner ''Enterprise'' operated principally in Chesapeake Bay . She Convoyed transports, carried out reconnaissance, and guarded the shores against foraging raids by the British. Only meager records of her service have been found; they indicate that she was apparently returned to the Maryland Council Of Safety before the end of February 1777 .
- USS ''Enterprise'' (1799) , the third ship to bear this name, was a schooner built by Henry Spencer at Baltimore, Maryland , in 1799 . She fired the first shots in the First Barbary War against the Tripoli tain ship ''Tripoli''.
- USS ''Enterprise'' (1831) , the fourth ship to bear this name, was also a schooner, and commissioned in 1831 .
- USS ''Enterprise'' (1874) , the fifth ship to bear this name, was a Screw Sloop commissioned 1877 .
- USS ''Enterprise'' (SP-790) , the sixth ship to bear this name, was a motorboat, served in a noncommissioned status in the Second Naval District during World War I .
- USS ''Enterprise'' (CV-6) , the seventh ship to bear this name, was an Aircraft Carrier , was the most-decorated U.S. Navy vessel of World War II .
- USS ''Enterprise'' (CVN-65) , the eighth ship to bear this name, was the world's first nuclear aircraft carrier, launched in 1960 and still on active service As Of 2006 .
- ---This ''Enterprise'' is set to be decomissioned in 2013, and as a result there is a growing movement to name one of the CVN-21 Class carriers (preferably CVN-78 ) ''Enterprise''.
see also:
Ships Named Enterprise
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