USS Enterprise (CVN 65) - Naval Cruise Book

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i I I X iasc The first Enterprise began as a 70-ton British sloop that plied posts along Lake Champlain. After the Americans captured Fort Ticonderoga May 10, 1775 Benedict Arnold realized he would] not control Lake Champlain until he captured it. Arnold ' s opportunity presented itself when he learned the ship 1 was stationed with the British garrison at St. John ' s on thel Richelieu in Canada. On May 14, he set out from Skenesborou (now Whitehall, New York), surprised and captured the Britisl garrison four days later. He took possession of the sloop and sailed it south to Crown Point. Renamed Enterprise, it fought against the British at the battle of Valcour Island as part of Arnold ' s fleet, then withdrew tc Ticonderoga to help obstruct the British advance for a year. Its service ended on July 7, 1777 when it was beached and burned to prevent it from falling into the hands of the enemy fcscto feto. Hov ittskes lis onto The fourth Enterprise was also a schooner and was commis- sioned on Dec. 15, 1831. It was 88 feet long with a 23 foot beam; armed with ten 24-9 pound guns, and manned by nine officers and 63 men. Enterprise first joined the Brazil Squadron, then made a cruise around the world in 1835-36. After service in South America, it was sold out of the Navy in 1845. The fifth Enterprise entered service March 16, 1877. It wa 185 feet long with a 35 foot beam and 1,375 ton displacement. 1 carried a crew of 195 officers, Sailors and Marines and at 1 2 knot under steam was one of the fastest vessels in the North Atlantic In 1 878, Enterprise surveyed the Amazon and Madeira river in Brazil. The survey took the ship 1 ,300 miles inland. On Jan. 2, 1883 Enterprise sailed from Norfolk to join th Asiatic squadron. During its 38-month transit, it visited Chines treaty-ports, and witnessed the French defeat of the Chinese fleet Enterprise was refitted and sent to the European squadron i 1886. In 1891 it was sent to the U.S. Naval Academy for mid shipmen training. The following year it was assigned to the Mas sachusetts Nautical Training School where, for many years helped teach seamanship to Massachusetts youths. The ship was sold out of the Navy in 1909. . N