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Our USS Constellation of 1854 is actually the second U.S. Navy ship to carry the name. The original USS Constellation a 38-gun frigate, one of the six original frigates authorized for construction by the Naval Act of 1794. In June of 1853 she was disassembled as recorded in the U.S. Naval Registry. Our Naval sloop-of-war was built in Gosport Navy Yard of Norfolk, Virginia the same port the frigate was disassembled.
The USS Constellation of 1854 was the last warship powered by sail constructed by the U.S. Navy. And she lives on today and still sails as part of the Historic Ships in Baltimore and designated a National Historic Landmark.
Originally the sloop launched in August of 1854 and she received her commissioned in July of 1855 and with the honorable Captain Charles H. Bell in command.
During the Civil War years 1855 through 1858 the Constellation served diplomatic duties with the U.S. Mediterranean Squadron. She became the flagship of the U.S. African Squadron between 1859 through 1861. She interrupted the African slave trade catching the slave ships and releasing the African slaves.
Before World War I she was used as a practice ship for the Naval Academy. By 1894 the Constellation was converted into a training ship for the Naval Training center of Newport, Rhode Island. She assisted in the training of more than 60,000 recruits for World War I.
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Sadly the Constellation was decommissioned in 1933 but in 1940 President Franklin Roosevelt re-commissioned her as a National symbol. During the second World War she served mostly as relief (i.e. reserve) flagship for the U.S. Fleet in the Atlantic. For the first six months of 1942 she served as flagship for Admiral Ernest J. King and Vice Admiral Royal E. Ingersoll.
After the war the Constellation was decommissioned again in February of 1955 and removed from the Naval Vessel Register. Not bad considering this was about one hundred years and two weeks from her first commissioning.
The USS Constellation was taken to her permanent berth in Baltimore, Maryland. She was the last American Civil War era Naval Vessel powered by sail built by the U.S. Navy.
After restoration the Constellation sailed again in October 2004 making her first trip out of Baltimore’s inner Harbor since 1955. Her first trip after 111 years was to the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis that took 6 days.
The USS Constellation of 1854 is one of the four oldest sailing ships in the United States. The other three are the USS Constitution of 1797 and The Star of India 1863 along with the Charles W. Morgan.
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There have been four ships the bare the name USS Constellation for the U.S. Navy over the years. The name was given in honor according to the U.S. Congress of the “New Constellation of Stars” on the flag of the United States.
The first USS Constellation (1797), was a 38 gun frigate and the second ship to be commissioned in the United States Navy. It was the first US Navy vessel to put to sea and the first US Navy vessel to engage, defeat, and capture an enemy vessel.
Our USS Constellation (1854) was a sloop-of-war that served from 1855 to 1933, and is preserved as a National Historic Landmark in Baltimore, Maryland.
The third USS Constellation (CC-2), a battle-cruiser, was laid down in 1920 but construction was canceled in 1923.
The forth USS Constellation (CV-64), was a Kitty Hawk-class steam turbine propelled aircraft carrier which served from 1961 to 2003.
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