USS Constitution was one of six frigates authorized for construction by an act of Congress in 1794. Joshua Humphreys designed them to be the Navy's capital ships. Larger and more heavily armed ...

The Constitution, known as America's Ship of ... and after the much newer guided-missile frigate USS Simpson was decommissioned in 2015, Old Ironsides became the only remaining vessel in the ...

(U.S. Navy) The USS Constitution, first launched in 1797 ... To command the 44-gun frigate is a big deal and when Cmdr. Billie Farrell took command as the first woman to hold the position ...

As commander of the frigate USS Constitution during the War of 1812, he made a name for himself when he and his crew captured HMS Java of the Royal Navy. She last deployed in 2022 as part of the ...