USS Enterprise (1799)

Enterprise capturing Tripolitan Corsair. 1801
History
United States
Name	USS Enterprise
Builder	Henry Spencer
Cost	$16,240
Launched	1799
Fate	Lost July 9, 1823
General characteristics 1799
Tons burthen	135[1] (bm)
Length	84 ft 7 in (25.78 m)
Beam	22 ft 6 in (6.86 m)
Depth of hold	10 ft (3.0 m)
Sail plan	Schooner
Complement	70 officers and enlisted
Armament	12 × 6 pounder guns (2.7 kg)
General characteristics 1800
Tons burthen	165 (bm)
Length	83 ft 6 in (25.5 m)
Beam	22 ft 6 in (6.9 m)
Depth of hold	11 ft 6 in (3.5 m)
Armament	14 guns

The USS Enterprise was a schooner, built by Henry Spencer at Baltimore, Maryland, in 1799. Her first commander thought that she was too lightly built and that her quarters, in particular, should be bulletproofed. Enterprise was overhauled and rebuilt several times, effectively changing from a twelve-gun schooner to a fourteen-gun topsail schooner and eventually to a brig. Enterprise saw action in the Caribbean, the Mediterranean, and the Caribbean again, capturing numerous prizes. She wrecked in July 1823.