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 .