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Enterprise (SP-790)

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|Ship owner=*Elsie C. Stewart

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Enterprise was a private wooden motorboat owned by Elsie C. Stewart"Ships' Data U.S. Naval Vessels has "E. C. Steward" but lacking first name. Preference given to reference with full name. 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.{{cite book |last=Construction & Repair Bureau (Navy) |title=Ships' Data U.S. Naval Vessels |date=November 1, 1918 |location=Washington D.C. |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |pages=350–355 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P0ZHAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA350 |access-date=3 January 2019}}{{cite magazine |date=February 1919 |title=Privately Owned Motorboats Purchased by the Government |magazine=Motor Boating |volume=23 |issue=2 |page=36 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ok5hr7AXxPwC&q=Juniata%20yacht%20Elkins's%20-sentinel&pg=PA34 |access-date=3 January 2019}}{{cite DANFS |url=https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/e/enterprise-s-p-no-790-vi.html |title=Enterprise VI (S. P. 790) |author=Naval History And Heritage Command |work=Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships |publisher=Naval History And Heritage Command |access-date=3 January 2019}}Only commissioned vessels are given the United States Ship (USS) prefix, thus "USS Enterprise" for this motorboat is incorrect.

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==See also==

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{{succession box|title=USS Enterprise|before={{USS|Enterprise|1874|1}}|after={{USS|Enterprise|CV-6|1}} |years=1917-1919}}

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Category:Patrol vessels of the United States Navy

Category:World War I patrol vessels of the United States

Category:Motorboats of the United States Navy

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