USS United States (1797)
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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 "U
USS United States by 1852
Portrait of John Barry c. 1801
Engagement between United States and Macedonian on 30 October 1812, by Thomas Birch, 1813
Melville c. 1860
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 United States (1797)
…and launched on 10 May 1797 and immediately began duties with the newly formed United States Navy protecting American merchant shipping during the Quasi-War with France. In 1861, United States was in port at Norfolk when she was seized by the Virginia Navy. She was commissioned into the Confederate navy as…
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