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| | USS Enterprise (1799) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) |
 | | The third USS Enterprise, a (Sailing vessel used in former times) schooner, was built by Henry Spencer at (Click link for more info and facts about Baltimore, Maryland) Baltimore, Maryland, in 1799, and placed under the command of Lieutenant (Click link for more info and facts about John Shaw) John Shaw. |
 | | Enterprise's first action came on 1 August 1801 when, just west of (A strategically located island south of Sicily in the Mediterranean Sea) Malta, she defeated the 14-gun Tripolitan (A pirate along the Barbary coast) corsair Tripoli, after a fierce but one-sided battle. |
 | | Enterprise passed the winter in (Click link for more info and facts about Venice, Italy) Venice, Italy, where she was practically rebuilt by May 1805. |
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