Eight ships used in the service of the United States or of the Colonial Forces of the United States Revolutionary War (six of which were United States Navy ships) have been named Enterprise with a ninth currently under construction: Name Class Commissioned (or otherwise placed into service) Decommissioned (or otherwise removed from service) Fate Enterprise (1775) 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. 25-ton schooner June 1776 February 1777 Returned to the Maryland Council of Safety in 1777. This Enterprise was also not a ship of the U.S. Navy. It was a privateer purchased for the Continental Navy. Enterprise (1799) 135-ton schooner/brigThis Enterprise was the first vessel of the United States Navy to carry the name. Fired the first shots in the First Barbary War against the Tripolitanian ship Tripoli. Broken up after being stranded on Little Curacao Island in the West Indies. Enterprise (1831) 197-ton schooner Sold, 28 October 1844. Enterprise (1874) 615-ton barque screw sloop Lent to Massachusetts Maritime Academy, 17 October 1892 – 4 May 1909. Sold, 1 October 1909. Enterprise (SP-790) motor patrol boat 6 December 1917 2 August 1919 Transferred to the Bureau of Fisheries on 2 August 1919. This Enterprise was a privately owned motor boat purchased by the U.S. Navy for service as a non-commissioned patrol vessel. As a non-commissioned vessel the prefix "USS" would not have been included in the vessel's name. 12 May 1938 17 February 1947 Served with unparalleled distinction in World War II, the most decorated ship of that war. Scrapped, 1 July 1958 – May 1960. 25 November 1961 3 February 2017 World's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. As of 2012, the U.S. Navy's longest-serving combat vessel, and third-oldest commissioned vessel after and . Inactive since December 2012, some scrapping started in 2013 prior to official decommissioning on 3 February 2017. Scheduled 2028 Announced by Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus..
See also – U.S. Navy training facility and simulator (2005–2011) USS Enterprise (disambiguation) – includes non-military ships, aircraft, and spacecraft named USS Enterprise – ships of the British Royal Navy named HMS Enterprise Enterprise (disambiguation) § Vessels – other vessels named Enterprise
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