USS Enterprise (SP-790)

Enterprise was a private wooden motorboat owned by Elsie C. Stewart[note 1] purchased by the United States Navy for $24,101 for non-commissioned service as a Section Patrol craft with the assigned number 790 in the 2nd Naval District during the period of United States participation in World War I.[1][2][3][note 2]

For other ships of the same name see USS Enterprise (disambiguation)

History
United States
Name:	Enterprise
Owner:	Elsie C. Stewart United States Navy
Builder:	F.S. Nock, East Greenwich, Rhode Island[1]
Completed:	1917[1]
General characteristics [1]
Tonnage:	16 GRT
Length:	66 ft (20.1 m) LOA
Beam:	12 ft (3.7 m)
Draft:	3 ft 7 in (1.1 m)
Propulsion:	2 x 4 cyl. Sterling engines
Speed:	22 kn (25 mph; 41 km/h)
Range:	171 nmi (197 mi; 317 km)
Complement:	8
Armament:	1 × 1-pounder gun, 1 x machine gun

Footnotes

1. "Ships' Data U.S. Naval Vessels has "E. C. Steward" but lacking first name. Preference given to reference with full name.
2. Only commissioned vessels are given the United States Ship (USS) prefix, thus "USS Enterprise" for this motorboat is incorrect.

References

1. Construction & Repair Bureau (Navy) (November 1, 1918). Ships' Data U.S. Naval Vessels. Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 350-355. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
2. "Privately Owned Motorboats Purchased by the Government". Motor Boating. Vol. 23 no. 2. February 1919. p. 36. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
3. Naval History And Heritage Command. "Enterprise VI (S. P. 790)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History And Heritage Command. Retrieved 3 January 2019.

See also

• List of ships of the United States Navy named Enterprise