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USS Constitution, the last of the original six frigates of the United States Navy still in commission Class overview Operators United States Navy Built 1794–1800 In service 1794–1881 In commission 1797–present Planned 6 Completed 6 Active 1 Lost 2 Retired 3 General characteristics (Constitution, President, United States) Class and type 44-gun frigate Tonnage 1,576 Displacement 2,200 tons ...
On 1 December 1917, she was renamed Old Constitution to free her name for a planned new Lexington-class battlecruiser. The name Constitution was originally destined for the lead ship of the class, but was shuffled between hulls until CC-5 was given the name; construction of CC-5 was canceled in 1923 due to the Washington Naval Treaty.
USS George Washington Carrier Strike Group underway in the Atlantic USS Constitution under sail for the first time in 116 years on 21 July 1997 The United States Navy has approximately 470 ships in both active service and the reserve fleet; of these approximately 50 ships are proposed or scheduled for retirement by 2028, while approximately 110 new ships are in either the planning and ordering ...
SS Constitution on a visit to Haifa on March 10, 1953. Commissioned in 1951, she started her long career sailing on the New York City-Genoa-Naples-Gibraltar route to Europe. . Following service on American Export's "Sunlane" cruise to Europe in the 1950s and 1960s, the two ships sailed for American Hawaii Cruises and American Global Line for many years in the 1980s and 19
List of United States Navy ships is a comprehensive listing of all ships that have been in service to the United States Navy during the history of that service. The US Navy maintains its official list of ships past and present at the Naval Vessel Register (NVR), [ 1 ] although it does not include early vessels.
USS Constitution in 1997, formerly (IX-21) from 1941 to 1975 The IX (unclassified–miscellaneous) hull classification symbol is used for ships of the United States Navy that do not fit into one of the standard categories.
Name Type Class Authorized Dates of Service Fate Mississippi [1] 2nd class [2] Mississippi-class [1] 3 March 1839 [1] 1841 – 1863 [1] Sunk in action at Port Hudson, 64 killed Missouri [1] 2nd class [2] Mississippi-class [1] 3 March 1839 [1] 1842 – 1843 [1] Lost to fire [1] Susquehanna [3] 2nd class [2] Susquehanna-class: 3 March 1847 [1 ...
USS Vermont (1848–1901) [1] [2] USS New Hampshire (launched as depot ship, 1864; training ship, 1892–1921) [1] [2] USS Virginia (laid down 1822, never launched) [1] [2] USS New York (laid down 1820; never launched; burnt on ways, 1861) [1] [2] [5] USS Ohio (1820–1861) [1] [2] USS North Carolina (1820–1866) [1] [2] Unnamed class