The United States Navy has christened nine ships with the name Enterprise since 1775. When the last vessel to bear the name, ...

going back to the very first one in 1775, which was a 70-ton sloop-of-war, though it wasn't built by the Americans. Read more: 14 Best Fighter Planes And Jets Of All Time The USS Enterprise (CV-6 ...

Dubbed the Big E for its considerable size and formidable reputation, the USS Enterprise CV-6 was the seventh Enterprise in a long lineage dating back to 1775.