USS Enterprise

USS Enterprise may refer to the following vessels:

United States of America
In watercraft, the prefix "USS" or "U.S.S." ("United States Ship") is applied to ships commissioned by and for the United States Navy. Private citizens also use the name unofficially.

Continental Navy
Two ships of the Continental Navy were named Enterprise:

United States Navy
Six ships of the United States Navy have been named Enterprise with a seventh announced:


 * U.S. Navy building
 * USS Enterprise (BLDG 7115), commissioned building (27 May 2005 – June 2011), this building is the orientation "ship" for students at Great Lakes.

Other American vessels

 * Enterprise, a steamboat that participated in the Battle of New Orleans and then demonstrated for the first time by her epic 2,200-mile voyage from New Orleans to Brownsville, Pennsylvania that steamboat commerce was practical on America's western rivers.
 * Enterprise (balloon), a balloon used by the Union Army during the American Civil War.
 * Enterprise, a J-class racing yacht that won the America's Cup in 1930.
 * Space Shuttle Enterprise (OV-101), the first Space Shuttle Orbiter, used for test flights in earth atmosphere, landing procedures, and ground tests between 1975 and 1985. It was named after the fictional vessel from the Star Trek franchise, and later appeared in the opening sequence to Star Trek: Enterprise.
 * USTS Kennedy (T-AK-5059), former USTS Enterprise (2003–2008), SS Cape Bon (1985–2003), and SS Velma Lykes (1967–1985). Currently a training ship at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy, which renamed it after the 1874 Enterprise (the Academy’s first training ship) before renaming it after the Kennedy Family.

Star Trek
In the fictional Star Trek universe, there have been a number of starships named Enterprise (where the designation refers to United Federation of Planets Star Ship rather than United States Ship):