early enterprise

[varek]

One of the early US Navy ships named the Enterprise was a British sloop originally called the Betsy, which Benedict Arnold and his men captured at Fort St. Johns, on Lake Champlain, in May 1775.

Interesting, eh?

Source: Arthur S. Lefkowitz, Benedict Arnold In The Company Of Heroes (El Dorado, CA: Savas Beatie LLC, 2012), pp. 25-26.

 

[Melakon]

Yeah, old Benny was an okay guy until he went turncoat.

 

[Kevman7987]

Yeah, old Benny was an okay guy until he went turncoat.

He chose, poorly

 

[Timo]

One of the early US Navy ships named the Enterprise was a British sloop originally called the Betsy, which Benedict Arnold and his men captured at Fort St. Johns, on Lake Champlain, in May 1775.

Interesting, eh?

Source: Arthur S. Lefkowitz, Benedict Arnold In The Company Of Heroes (El Dorado, CA: Savas Beatie LLC, 2012), pp. 25-26.

Alternate source: The Veil at Valcour, by Diane Carey in the Enterprise Logs anthology...

Timo Saloniemi

 

[PhoenixClass]

Another fun tidbit:

For a time in WWII, the Enterprise was the only US carrier fighting in the entire Pacific. A sailor posted a sign that read, "Enterprise vs Japan."

 

[Robert Comsol]

I have to assume that this screencap from ENT is entirely made up, right?

It spells "Enterprize" (board that ship and take her a prize? ) and depicts a rather big galleon.

Bob

 

[Melakon]

Is it made up, or referring to this Enterprize?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enterprize_(1829)

 

[Robert Comsol]

Good find! The ENT screencap suggests Enterprize to have been a galleon, while this schooner launched in 1829 was a more modern sailing vessel.

Bob

 

[Melakon]

The screenshot could be a completely original design from the art department, or an actual historical document that's been modified with a new name I suppose.

 

[J.T.B.]

Good find! The ENT screencap suggests Enterprize to have been a galleon, while this schooner launched in 1829 was a more modern sailing vessel.

Not to mention it was a merchantman, not an "HMS." Which was an anachronism, anyway; Royal Navy vessels were referred to as His/Her Majesty's Ship, Frigate, Sloop and so on, but applying the initials as a standardized prefix before the name is more a 20th century thing. Especially without the periods. So, yeah, the galleon is an art department creation.