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USS United States was a wooden-hulled, three-masted heavy frigate of the United States Navy and the first of the six original frigates authorized for construction by the Naval Act of 1794. The name "United States" was among ten names submitted to President George Washington by Secretary of War Timothy Pickering in March of 1795 for the frigates ...
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 ...
The Duc De La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt's Visit to the Federal City in 1797: A New Translation. Records of the Columbia Historical Society, Washington, D.C., Vol. 49, The 49th separately bound book (1973/1974), pp. 35–60. Stinchcombe, William (1975). "Talleyrand and the American Negotiations of 1797-1798". The Journal of American History.
The sailing frigates of the United States built from 1797 on were unique in that their framing was made of American live oak, a particularly hardy genus that made very resilient hulls; as a result of this, the ships were known to withstand damage that would have scuppered frigates of other nations. American frigates were also very heavily armed ...
USS United States (1797) was one of the original six frigates that served from 1798 until 1865. USS United States (CC-6) was a Lexington-class battlecruiser canceled and scrapped when the vessel was only 12 percent complete. USS United States (CVA-58) was an aircraft carrier canceled five days after her keel was laid down in 1949. The ship ...
By 1798, the first three were nearly complete and on 16 July 1798, additional funding was approved for the USS Congress, USS Chesapeake, and USS President, plus the frigates USS General Greene and USS Adams. The provision of naval stores and equipment by the British allowed these to be built relatively quickly, and all saw action during the war.
USS Constitution, also known as Old Ironsides, is a three-masted wooden-hulled heavy frigate of the United States Navy. She is the world's oldest commissioned naval warship still afloat. [ 11 ] [ Note 1 ] She was launched in 1797, one of six original frigates authorized for construction by the Naval Act of 1794 and the third constructed.
HMS Cambrian (1797) Cambridge (1797 ship) HMS Canopus (1798) HMS Centaur (1797) Ceres (1797 EIC ship) Commerce (1797 ship) Confiance (1797 ship) USS Constellation (1797) USS Constitution; French frigate Cornélie (1797) Coutts (1797 EIC ship) HMS Cracker (1797) HMS Crash (1797) French frigate Créole (1797) HMS Creole (1797) HMS Cruizer (1797)