USS Enterprise (1775)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Enterprise (disambiguation).
USS Enterprise was a Continental Army sloop-of-war that served in Lake Champlain during the American Revolutionary War. She was the first of a long and prestigious line of ships of the United States or by the combatant forces of the U.S. Revolutionary War to bear the name Enterprise.
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United States | |
Name | Enterprise |
Operator | Continental Army |
Acquired | Captured 18 May 1775 (as George) |
Fate | Burned to prevent capture, 7 July 1777 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Sloop-of-war |
Tonnage | 70 |
Propulsion | Sail |
Sail plan | Sloop |
Complement | 50 officers and enlisted |
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Service record | |
Commanders: | Col. Benedict Arnold |
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