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USS Enterprise

Survived

United States Navy

Type	Sloop
Guns	14
Wars	Quasi-War, First Barbary War, War of 1812

Schooner of the Quasi-War and the First Barbary War, rebuilt as a brig. Off Pemaquid Point in September 1813 she took the brig Boxer in a fight that killed both captains. She was wrecked in the West Indies in 1823.

U.S. en:Schooner ENTERPRIZE Capturing the Tripolitan en:Corsair TRIPOLI, 1 August 1801. From a drawing (circa 1878) by Captain William Bainbridge Hoff, U.S. Navy, in the collection of the Navy department. Photo: William Bainbridge Hoff (died 1903), Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

12 × 6 pounder guns (2.7 kg)

Builder	Henry Spencer
Launched	1799
Length	84 ft 7 in (25.78 m) 60 feet at keel
Complement	70 officers and enlisted

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

1799

USS Enterprise vs Flambeau

Survived

25 October 1800 · Quasi-War

John Shaw

USS Enterprise vs Tripoli

Survived

1 August 1801 · First Barbary War

Andrew Sterett

Bombardment of Tripoli

Survived

3 August – 3 September 1804 · First Barbary War

USS Enterprise vs HMS Boxer

Survived

5 September 1813 · War of 1812

William Burrows, mortally wounded

Fate

Survived

Lost July 9, 1823