USS Enterprise

USS Enterprise

USS "Enterprise" may refer to the following specific vessels:

United States

With respect to watercraft, USS (United States Ship) is officially only used for commissioned ships of the United States Navy, although it is sometimes mistakenly used by civilians for other vessels of American origin.

Continental Navy

Two ships of the Continental Navy were named "Enterprise":
*USS "Enterprise" (1775) armed sloop (May 18 1775 – July 7 1777), the first American ship to bear the name, she served on Lake Champlain
*"Enterprise" (1776) schooner (December 20 1776 – February 1777), the second American ship to bear this name, she served on Chesapeake Bay

United States Navy

Six ships of the United States Navy have been named "Enterprise":
*USS "Enterprise" (1799) 12-gun schooner / 14-gun brig (December 17 1799 – July 9 1823), the third ship to bear this name, was built as schooner, and later rerigged as a brig. She fired the first shots in the First Barbary War against the Tripolitanian ship "Tripoli"
*USS "Enterprise" (1831) 10-gun schooner (December 15 1831 – June 24 1844), the fourth ship to bear this name
*USS "Enterprise" (1874) barque-rigged screw sloop (March 16 1877 – October 1 1909), the fifth ship to bear this name
*"Enterprise" (SP-790) motor yacht (1917–1919), the sixth ship to bear this name, was non-commissioned, serving in the Second Naval District during World War I
*USS "Enterprise" (CV-6) "Yorktown"-class aircraft carrier (May 12 1938 – February 17 1947), the seventh ship to bear this name, was the most-decorated U.S. Navy vessel of World War II
*USS "Enterprise" (CVN-65) "Enterprise"-type aircraft carrier (November 25 1961 – Present), the eighth ship to bear this name, is a unique design, and the first nuclear powered aircraft carrier in the world.

United States Navy building

*USS "Enterprise" (BLDG 7115), commissioned building (May 27, 2005 – Present), this recruit barracks is a building the Navy treats like a ship for training purposes.

Other United States vessels

* "Enterprise" (balloon), a balloon used by the Union Army during the American Civil War.
* Space Shuttle "Enterprise" (OV-101), the first Space Shuttle Orbiter, used for flight, landing, and ground tests between 1975 and 1985.
* TS "Enterprise" (T-AK-5059), the former USNS "Cape Bon", and SS "Stella Lykes", currently a training ship at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy, named after the 1874 "Enterprise" which was also the Academy’s first training ship.

tar Trek

In the fictional "Star Trek" universe, there have been ten starships named "Enterprise"
* USS "Enterprise" (XCV 330) unknown class (circa 2130s) from "Star Trek: The Motion Picture", and "Star Trek: Enterprise" (pictured in a display of ships named Enterprise)

United Earth

* "Enterprise" (NX-01) NX class (2151–2161) from "Star Trek: Enterprise"

United Federation of Planets

* USS "Enterprise" (NCC-1701) "Constitution" class (2245–2285) from the original series, the "The Motion Picture", "Wrath of Khan", and "Search for Spock"
* USS "Enterprise" (NCC-1701-A) "Constitution" class (2286–2293) from the films "The Voyage Home", "The Final Frontier", and "Undiscovered Country"
* USS "Enterprise" (NCC-1701-B) "Excelsior" class (2293–2320s) from the film "Star Trek: Generations"
* USS "Enterprise" (NCC-1701-C) "Ambassador" class (2332–2344) from the “Yesterday’s Enterprise” episode of "Star Trek: The Next Generation"
* USS "Enterprise" (NCC-1701-D) "Galaxy" class (2363–2371) from "Star Trek: The Next Generation", and the film "Generations"
* USS "Enterprise" (NCC-1701-E) "Sovereign" class (2372—) from the films "First Contact", "Insurrection", and "Nemesis"
* USS "Enterprise" (NCC-1701-F) – from the "Millennium" trilogy of Star Trek novels by Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens.
* USS "Enterprise" (NCC-1701-J) – from the “Azati Prime” episode of "Star Trek: Enterprise"

ee also

* VSS "Enterprise", the first commercial spaceship being constructed by Virgin Galactic.


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