USS Congress (1799)
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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
Congress by Charles Ware, 1816
John Rodgers ca. 1814
Congress at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard for the launch of the USS Washington, on 1 October 1814
Congress as a part of the United States Mediterranean squadron of 1815 (Second Barbary War)
Quasi-War
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The Quasi-War, 1798 to 1800, was an undeclared war between the United States and the French First Republic. It was fought almost entirely at sea, primarily in the Caribbean and off the East Coast of t
USS Congress (1799)
…frigates of the period. Her first duties with the newly formed United States Navy were to provide protection for American merchant shipping during the Quasi War with France and to defeat the Barbary pirates in the First Barbary War. During the War of 1812, she made several extended length cruises in company…
USS Constellation in combat with French Insurgente
The French privateer Clarisse attacking the American merchantmen Louisa and Mercury on 3 January 1800
A 20th-century illustration depicting United States Marines escorting French prisoners