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Enterprise: 70-ton sloop-of-war: 10 May 1775 7 July 1777 Burned to prevent capture, 7 July 1777. This ship was not a ship of the U.S. Navy. It was captured from the British and operated on Lake Champlain by Col Benedict Arnold of the Continental Army. The Continental Navy did not operate on Lake Champlain. Enterprise (1776) 25-ton schooner ...
US Navy Ships named after US Territories and D.C. Territory Currently Commissioned Formerly Commissioned Remarks Populated territories American Samoa: CB-6 cancelled before construction District of Columbia: SSBN-826 under construction. SSN-771, CL-56, AG-9, & C-12 were named after American cities also named Columbia Guam: PG-43, CB-2, LPH-9, T ...
ships named Enterprise; there is a continuing exception for this name, first used in 1775, eight ships have carried the name, including three aircraft carriers (CV-6, CVN-65 and CVN-80). USS Nimitz (CVN-68) , lead ship of her class , named for Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz , commander of all U.S. and Allied naval forces in the Pacific theatre ...
The United States Congress authorized the construction of Texas, the second Navy ship to be named after that state, on 24 June 1910. [16] [17] Bids for Texas were accepted from 27 September to 1 December with the winning bid of $5,830,000—excluding the price of armor and armament—submitted by Newport News Shipbuilding.
Pages in category "Ships of the Texas Navy" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Texan brig Archer;
USS Enterprise (CV-6), an aircraft carrier (1938–1947), the most decorated U.S. ship of World War II USS Enterprise (CVN-65) , the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier (1961–2017) USS Enterprise (CVN-80) , a Gerald R. Ford -class aircraft carrier, under construction and scheduled to enter service by 2028
The CV-6 is acknowledged during a discussion of past vessels named Enterprise in Star Trek: The Motion Picture while CVN-65 is featured in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. Jack C. Taylor, founder of Enterprise Rent-A-Car, had served on Enterprise as a fighter pilot during the war, and (re-)named his company in 1969 after the ship. [55] [56]
The other, armed with two 12 in (300 mm) guns, became Texas, [4] the first ship named in honor of that state to be built by the United States. [ a ] The Navy Department conducted an international design competition for Texas and the winner was the Naval Construction & Armaments Co . of Barrow-in-Furness , England.