USS Enterprise may refer to the following ships and other vessels: United States Navy Ships List of ships of the United States Navy named Enterprise , a Continental Navy sloop captured from the British, burned to prevent recapture in 1777 , a schooner that fired the first shots in the First Barbary War , a schooner, stationed primarily in South America to patrol and protect commerce , a steam-powered sloop-of-war used for surveying, patrolling, and training until 1909 , a motorboat (1917–1919) used in World War I as a non-commissioned section patrol craft , an aircraft carrier (1938–1947), the most decorated U.S. ship of World War II , the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier (1961–2017) , a Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier, under construction and scheduled to enter service by 2028 Training facility , a building and ship simulator at the U.S. Navy training command in Great Lakes, Illinois Other American ships , a Continental Navy schooner, formerly a privateer, used in Chesapeake Bay as a convoy and patrol ship until 1777 , a commercial steamboat that delivered supplies and troops during the Battle of New Orleans , a merchant vessel in the coastwise slave trade in the early 19th century , a J-class yacht that won the 1930 America's Cup , an American cargo ship (1944–1952) (2003–2008), former name of TS Kennedy, a training ship at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy American aircraft and spacecraft , a balloon used by the Union Army during the American Civil War (OV-101), the first orbiter built for NASA's Space Shuttle system , a NASA conceptual design for an interstellar ship, (2009–2014), a Virgin Galactic commercial spaceplane that broke apart during a test flight Star Trek fictional spacecraft , a list, timeline and brief description of starships in the fictional history of Star Trek , the principal setting of Star Trek: Enterprise , the principal setting of the original Star Trek television series, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, and the first three Star Trek feature films , the closing setting of the fourth Star Trek feature film and the principal setting of the fifth and sixth Star Trek feature films , the opening setting of the seventh Star Trek feature film , a starship in "Yesterday's Enterprise", an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation , the principal setting of Star Trek: The Next Generation and the seventh Star Trek feature film , the