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Fate 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
USS Enterprise (CVN-65), formerly CVA(N)-65, is a decommissioned [12] United States Navy aircraft carrierIn 1958, she became the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in the United States Navy, and the world, as well as the eighth United States naval vessel to bear the name.
On 1 December 2012, during the presentation of a pre-recorded speech at the inactivation ceremony for USS Enterprise (CVN-65), then-Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced that CVN-80 would be named Enterprise. [11] She will be the ninth ship and the third aircraft carrier in the history of the United States Navy to bear the name. [9]
DANFS was published in print by the Naval Historical Center (NHC) as bound hardcover volumes, ordered by ship name, from Volume I (A–B) in 1959 to Volume VIII (W–Z) in 1981. Several volumes subsequently went out of print. In 1991 a revised Volume I Part A, covering only ship names beginning with A, was released. Work continues on revisions ...
USS George Washington Carrier Strike Group underway in the Atlantic USS Constitution under sail for the first time in 116 years on 21 July 1997 The United States Navy has approximately 470 ships in both active service and the reserve fleet; of these approximately 50 ships are proposed or scheduled for retirement by 2028, while approximately 110 new ships are in either the planning and ordering ...
Enterprise (slave ship), a merchant vessel in the coastwise slave trade in the early 19th century; Enterprise (yacht), a J-class yacht that won the 1930 America's Cup; SS Flying Enterprise, an American cargo ship (1944–1952) USTS Enterprise (2003–2008), former name of TS Kennedy, a training ship at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy
USS Enterprise (CV-6) was a Yorktown-class carrier built for the United States Navy during the 1930s. She was the seventh U.S. Navy vessel of that name.Colloquially called "The Big E", she was the sixth aircraft carrier of the United States Navy.
Enterprise (20 December 1776 – February 1777), was the second American ship to bear the name. [ 1 ] She was a successful privateer before she was purchased for the Continental Navy in 1776. Commanded by Captain James Campbell, the schooner Enterprise operated principally in Chesapeake Bay .