Enterprise (SP-790)

History
United States
Name	Enterprise
Owner	Elsie C. Stewart; United States Navy;
Builder	F.S. Nock, East Greenwich, Rhode Island
Completed	1917
General characteristics
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

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]}

Footnotes[edit]

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

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Construction & Repair Bureau (Navy) (November 1, 1918). Ships' Data U.S. Naval Vessels. Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. pp. 350–355. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
^ "Privately Owned Motorboats Purchased by the Government". Motor Boating. Vol. 23, no. 2. February 1919. p. 36. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
^ 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.