Her first commander thought that she was too lightly built and that her quarters, in particular, should be bulletproofed. Enterprise was overhauled and rebuilt several times, effectively changing from a twelve-gun schooner to a fourteen-gun topsail schooner and eventually to a brig.
Enterprise saw action in the Caribbean, the Mediterranean, and the Caribbean again, capturing numerous prizes. She wrecked in July Lieutenant John Shaw commissioned Enterprise. On 23 January she recaptured schooner Victory captured 5 days earlier by privateer Sun.
The next day she recaptured brig Androscoggin captured 6 days earlier by privateer La Union. Truxtun to sail home with dispatches. On returning to the West Indies, on 23 April , she had a brief engagement with a Spanish packet that opened fire on her, but broke off the fight realizing the ship was a neutral. Truxton, the Station Commander, granted his request. First Lt. Andrew Sterret was appointed her Captain, taking command 27 October.
The privateer had 20 killed, 30 wounded and lost 2 masts. On 24 December, she captured privateer schooner "La Amour de la Patrie". Enterprise sailed to the Mediterranean from Hampton Roads. The need for new masts delayed her departure from Baltimore until early May Enterprise's first action came on 1 August when, 7 leagues west of Malta , [ 25 ] she defeated the gun Tripolitan Polacca , [ 26 ] corsair Tripoli , after a fierce but one-sided battle.
Enterprise emerged unscathed and sent the battered pirate into port. Yesterday captain Sterret, commander of the schooner Enterprize , part of the Mediterranean squadron, arrived here, with dispatches for the Secretary of the Navy.
