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Enterprise
Enterprise served the U. S. Navy and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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112k | Halftone reproduction of a photograph taken of USS Enterprise (1877-1909) while the ship was at anchor, circa the 1880s Published in "The Steam Navy of the United States", by Frank M. Bennett. As an Assistant Engineer, Bennett served in this ship during her 1877-1890 commission Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 54397 |
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173k | U.S., British and French warships at Villefranche, France, 1879. Photographed during 1-16 October 1879. Ships present include
(in the left background, left to right): French aviso Desaix, USS Quinnebaug, French aviso Bisson, Enterprise and British battleship
Sultan (with two light-colored smokestacks). The French battleship Couronne is in the center distance, and the French battleship
Richelieu is in the center, closer to the camera. The two ships in the foreground, that in the right center distance and that at the far right, are the
four French battleships Guyenne, Magnamine, Revanche and Gauloise (all sister ships, listed in no particular order). All but one of the French
ships were units of the "Escadre d'Evolutions" [squadron developments]. Bisson belonged to the "Station du Levant" [The Levant station].
Enterprise and Quinnebaug were part of the U.S. European Squadron. Sultan was en route home at the end of a commission in the British
Mediterranean Fleet Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 46885 |
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109k | Crewmen pose with the ship's 9-inch Dahlgren pivot gun, circa the later 1880s or early 1890s. This gun is mounted on an iron slide
pivot carriage Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 66468 |
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99k | At the New York Navy Yard, circa spring 1890, when she was commanded by Commander Bowman H. McCalla. The receiving ship USS Vermont is in the background Photographed by E. H. Hart, New York City Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 54398 |
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116k | Anchored off New York City during the early 1890s Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 63150 |
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156k | Ship's 9-inch Dahlgren pivot gun "in action", probably while she was at the New York Navy Yard, circa spring
1890. View looks aft from the forecastle, with the navigating bridge in the background. Sailor at left is holding a shell (weighing about 127 pounds) in
preparation for loading, and men wearing double row loop cartridge belts for "trap-door
Springfield" rifles Photographed by E.H. Hart, New York City Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 54202 |
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115k | Ship's Gatling gun and its crew posed on deck, probably while she was at the New York Navy
Yard, circa spring 1890 Photographed by E.H. Hart, New York City Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 54203 |
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126k | Landing party with three-inch rifled field gun drilling on a wharf, with the ship behind them, probably while Enterprise was at the New York Navy Yard, circa spring 1890 Photographed by E.H. Hart, New York City Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 54204 |
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125k | Sailors practicing with cutlasses on the ship's main deck, probably while she was at the New York Navy Yard, circa spring 1890 Photographed by E.H. Hart, New York City Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 54205 |
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101k | Two Sailors demonstrate cutlass fencing, while other crew members look on, probably while she was at the New York Navy Yard, circa spring 1890 Photographed by E.H. Hart, New York City Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 54206 |
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120k | "Rally on the Flag": Sailors and Marines in close combat drill with small arms, probably while she was at the New
York Navy Yard, circa spring 1890 Photographed by E.H. Hart, New York City Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 54207 |
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98k | Tripod-mounted Gatling gun on the quarterdeck, probably while the ship was at the New York
Navy Yard, circa spring 1890 Photographed by E.H. Hart, New York City Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 54208-B |
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184k | Spinning a Yarn. Seven "Old Salts" engaged in telling tall tales aboard Enterprise, probably while their ship was at the New York Navy Yard, circa spring 1890. Suitable verses from "The Tale of the Gyascutus" are printed below the original photographic image Photographed by E.H. Hart, New York Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 47029 Photo added 31 January 2020 |
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196k | "Sunday Morning Inspection" on the main deck, probably while the ship was at the New York Navy Yard, circa spring 1890. View looks forward from the quarterdeck. Marine Guard is in the left foreground. Enterprise's Commanding Officer, Commander Bowman H. McCalla, is standing just beyond the pumps in the center Photographed by E.H. Hart, New York Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 54201 Photo added 31 January 2020 |
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160k | "Next": The ship's barber shaving another crewman, probably while the ship was at the New York Navy Yard, circa spring 1890 Photographed by E.H. Hart, New York Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 51048 Photo added 31 January 2020 |
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177k | "General Muster" on the ship's main deck, probably while their ship was at the New York Navy Yard, circa spring 1890. View looks forward from the quarterdeck. The Commanding Officer, Captain Bowman H. McCalla, is standing in the right center, with hands clasped in front. Note the Marine drummer and bugler in the left center, just beyond the hatch and pump Photographed by E.H. Hart, New York Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 54399 Photo added 31 January 2020 |
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157k | Enterprise (1877-1909), at left, and USS Ranger (1876-1940) Drawing by Fred S. Cozzens, published in "Our Navy -- Its Growth and Achievements", 1897 Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 74563 |
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114k | At anchor, probably during the 1890s or early 1900s , while she was serving as Massachusetts nautical training ship Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 54396 |
Robert Hurst | |
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169k | Line engraving, printed by the American Bank Note Company, of Boston, depicting the ship during the period 1892-1909, when she was
employed by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as a nautical training ship Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 64271 |
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151k | Photographed by Paul R. Smith during her 1905 foreign cruise. She was then serving as Massachusetts nautical training ship, at
Boston Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 54219 |
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110k | Cadets bending on the main sail after repair at sea, circa 1905, while Enterprise was serving as Massachusetts Nautical training
ship Photographed by Paul R. Smith Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 54220 |
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114k | View looking forward along the starboard side, while under sail during her 1905 foreign cruise. Enterprise was then serving as
Massachusetts Nautical training ship. The ship appears to have been fitted with a spar deck over her originally open waist Photographed by Paul R. Smith Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 54221 |
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183k | c. Early 1909 Around the time she was returned to the Navy Courtesy of Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones collection |
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59k | Enterprise's Gilded pine eagle removed from the ship in 1910, when her hulk was burned off Point of Pines, Maine. The
carving is marked "William E. Seward, 1881". It was later purchased at Searsport by Mr. Rubenstein, a dealer in Rockland, Maine Courtesy of the National Gallery of Art, Index of American Design, Washington, D.C. Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 54222 |
Robert Hurst | |
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116k | Being prepared for burning to recover metal in her hull. Enterprise was burned near Boston, Massachusetts, in the winter
of 1910 Courtesy of Paul H. Silverstone, 1982 Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 93866 |
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146k | c. 1910 Burning hull to recover metal fittings Courtesy of Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones collection |
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| Commanding Officers | ||
| 01 | CDR George Collier Remey, USN - USNA Class of 1859 Retired as Rear Admiral | 16 March 1877 |
| 02 | CDR Bowman Hendry McCalla, USN - USNA Class of 1861 Retired as Rear Admiral | 1890 |
| 03 | CDR Albert Smith Barker, USN - USNA Class of 1862 Retired as Rear Admiral | 1892 - 1896 |
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