USS Enterprise, a 1375-ton (displacement) steam sloop of war built at the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine, was commissioned in mid-March 1877. She performed surveying duties at the mouth of the Mississippi River and in South American rivers during the next year and a half. Late in 1878 Enterprise began a tour in European waters. When this ended in the spring of 1880 she was laid up at the Washington Navy Yard. After returning to active service early in 1883, the ship operated along the U.S. East Coast for nearly a year, then began a world-wide hydrographic cruise that lasted until March 1886. Her next deployment, from January 1888 to March 1890, took Enterprise to Europe, the Mediterranean and along Africa's Atlantic coast.
Enterprise was employed in the Caribbean and western Atlantic during much of 1890 and 1891, then spent a year on training duty at the U.S. Naval Academy. In October 1892 she became a martime schoolship for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, an assignment that lasted until May 1909. USS Enterprise was sold in October 1909 and subsequently broken up.
This page features, and provides links to, all the views we have concerning USS Enterprise (1877-1909).
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The following photograph shows USS Enterprise in the left middle distance:
Photo #: NH 46885 U.S., British and French warships at Villefranche, France, 1879. Photographed during 1-16 October 1879. Ships present are identified in Photo # NH 46885 (complete caption). U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 163KB; 1200 x 705 pixels |
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The following photographs MAY show USS Enterprise:
Photo #: NH 44798 Adams class steam sloop In port, probably in the vicinity of New York City, circa the 1880s. Photographed by E.H. Hart, 1162 Broadway, New York. Ships of this class included USS Adams (1876-1920), USS Enterprise (1877-1909), USS Essex (1876-1930), USS Alliance (1877-1911) and USS Nipsic (1879-1913). U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 124KB; 740 x 625 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 44799 Adams class steam sloop At anchor in what appears to be a Far Eastern port, circa the later 1870s or the 1880s. Ships of this class included USS Adams (1876-1920), USS Enterprise (1877-1909), USS Essex (1876-1930), USS Alliance (1877-1911) and USS Nipsic (1879-1913). U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 78KB; 740 x 530 pixels Note: The ship in this photo was originally identified, erroniously, as USS Ossipee (1862-1891). |
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Page made 16 December 2004