USS Congress

USS Congress was a three-masted heavy frigate, one of the first six ships of the newly created US Navy. Built by James Hackett at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, she was launched on 15 August 1799 and nominally rated as a 38-gun frigate. The name Congress was chosen from a list of ten names submitted to President George Washington by Secretary of War Timothy Pickering in March 1795. As Joshua Humphreys intended for the frigates to serve as the young Navy's capital ships, Congress and her sister ships were larger and more heavily armed than the standard frigates of the period.

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USS Congress (NH 57005)

USS Congress (NH 57005) (cropped)

USS Congress (NH 57005)

USS Congress (NH 57005) (cropped)

Fox USSconstellation drawing

USSConstellationUSSCongressHull1795

Launch of the 74-gun USS Washington, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, 1 Oct 1814. In attendance, the USS Congress (right). John Samuel Blunt (1798–1835)

The United States Mediterranean squadron of 1815

The United States Mediterranean squadron of 1815

USS Congress Charles Ware coloured version

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		USS Congress (NH 57005)		Commons
commons	image		USS Congress (NH 57005) (cropped)		Commons
commons	image		USS Congress (NH 57005)		Commons
commons	image		USS Congress (NH 57005) (cropped)		Commons
commons	image		Fox USSconstellation drawing		Commons
commons	image		USSConstellationUSSCongressHull1795		Commons
commons	image		Launch of the 74-gun USS Washington, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, 1 Oct 1814. In attendance, the USS Congress (right). John Samuel Blunt (1798–1835)		Commons
commons	image		The United States Mediterranean squadron of 1815		Commons
commons	image		The United States Mediterranean squadron of 1815		Commons
commons	image		USS Congress Charles Ware coloured version		Commons