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| | USS Enterprise (1874) - meaning of word (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12) |
 | | The fifth '''USS ''Enterprise''''', a bark-rigged screw sloop, was launched 13 June 1874 at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine, United States, by John W. Griffith, a private contractor; and commissioned 16 March 1877, Commander George C. Remey in command. |
 | | Returning to Norfolk in April 1878, she remained there only briefly, sailing 27 May, for surveying duty up the Amazon River and Madeira River Rivers. |
 | | Placed back in commission on 4 October 1887, ''Enterprise'' sailed from Boston, Massachusetts in January 1888 for two years in the waters of Europe, the Mediterranean, and the east coast of Africa, where she showed the flag and looked out for United States' interests. |
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