USS Enterprise (1874)
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USS Enterprise circa 1890 at the New York Navy Yard.
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| Name: | USS Enterprise |
| Builder: | John W. Griffiths |
| Launched: | 13 June 1874 |
| Commissioned: | 16 March 1877 |
| Decommissioned: | 9 May 1880 |
| Recommissioned: | 12 January 1882 |
| Decommissioned: | 21 March 1886 |
| Recommissioned: | 8 July 1890 |
| Decommissioned: | 4 May 1909 |
| Fate: | Sold 1 October 1909 |
| Status: | Burned for Salvage near Boston 1910 |
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| Displacement: | 1,375 tons |
| Length: | 185 ft (56 m) |
| Beam: | 35 ft (11 m) |
| Draft: | 14 ft 3 in (4.34 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sail and steam |
| Speed: | 11 knots (20 km/h) |
| Complement: | 184 |
| Armament: | 1 x 11" smooth bore, 4 x 9", 1 x 60-pounder |
The fifth USS Enterprise, a barque-rigged screw sloop, was launched 13 June 1874 at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine, US, by John W. Griffiths, a private contractor; and commissioned 16 March 1877, Commander George C. Remey in command. She was later commanded by Bowman H. McCalla around 1890, followed by Commander Albert S. Barker from 1892-1896.
Enterprise's first duty after fitting out at Norfolk, Virginia, took her to the mouth of the Mississippi River for surveying operations. Returning to Norfolk in April 1878, she remained there only briefly, sailing 27 May for surveying duty up the Amazon and Madeira Rivers. On 1 October 1878 off the coast of Pará, Brazil, Seaman Thomas Smith rescued a fellow sailor from drowning, for which he was awarded the Medal of Honor. This surveying duty completed, she repaired at New York City, then in December 1878 joined the U.S. naval forces in European waters, calling at numerous ports in northern Europe and in the Mediterranean. She returned to the Washington Navy Yard on 9 May 1880 and was placed out of commission.
Recommissioned on 12 January 1882, she cruised the east coast until 1 January 1883 when she sailed on a three-year hydrographic survey that took her completely around the world. During this time, she was commanded by Albert S. Barker. Her findings on this cruise added materially to the knowledge of the oceans, their currents, and their bottoms. During the journey she was a neutral witness of the Battle of Fuzhou on 23 August 1884 during the Sino-French War. Enterprise was decommissioned at New York on 21 March 1886.
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