Constellation
- 1797 September 7
- Launched.
- 1800 February 2
- Was dis-masted in an engagement with the French frigate La Vengeance during thw Quasi-War with France.
- 1812
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The frigate Constellation in February 1812, was brought to the wharf, stripped down to the lower futtocks, many of which and some of her floor timbers were replaced with new; from thence rebuilt uup entirely new, being much improved by an extension of fourteen inches more beam at the main breadth. She has new masts, spars, etc., and left the Yard a better ship in every respect, and still continue to be.
Commodore Tingley, Commandant of the Washington Navy Yard, 1814.
Constellation. Starboard, at wharf. Photograph, 1926. 19-N-13558.
Select Bibliography:
- The Yardarm, Vol. 6, No. 2.
The U.S.F. Constellation Foundation, (Baltimore), 1989.
4to, (6) pp, ill.
- Chapelle, Howard I. & Polland, Leon D.: The Constellation
Question.
Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, 1970. 8vo, viii,
152 pp, ill., 4 fold. plates.
- Chapelle, H.I.: The Story of the Constellation,
pp 1-56.
- Polland, L.D.: Comments on the "Story of the
Constellation", pp 59-102.
- Polland, L.D.: An Outline of the Present
Restoration, pp 105-148.
- Chapelle, Howard I.: United States Frigate Constellation.
The Mariner's Mirror Vol. 54, London, 1968. pp 407-408;
- Dunne, W.M.P.: The Constellation and the "Hermione".
The Mariner's Mirror Vol. 70, London, 1984. pp 82-85;
- Dunne, W.M.P.: An Inquiry into H.I. Chapelle's Research
in Naval History.
The American Neptune Vol. 49, Salem, 1989. pp 39-58;
- Edson, Merritt A.: The New Ship Constellation.
Nautical Research Journal Vol. 24, Washington, 1978. pp 151-152.
- Magoun, F. Alexander: The Frigate Constitution and Other Historic Ships.
Bonanza Books, New York, 1978 (facs av ou 1927). 4to, xviii, 155 pp,
ill, 30 pl, 16 drawings.
- Polland, Leon D.: United States Frigate Constellation.
The Mariner's Mirror Vol. 54, London, 1968. pp 152;
- Randolph, Evan: U.S.S. Constellation, 1797 to 1979.
The American Neptune Vol. 39, Salem, 1979. pp 235-55, ill,
4 plates.
- Randolph, Evan: Roux Painting Mystery Solved!
The American Neptune Vol. 50, Salem, 1990. pp 60-62, ill.
- Todd, Thomas A.: USF Constellation as She May Have Appeared
in the Period 1797 to 1800.
Nautical Research Journal Vol. 31, Bethesda, 1986. pp 55-67, ill.
- Wegner, Dana: The Constellation Mystery Solved.
The Mariner's Mirror Vol. 78, London, 1992. pp 202-210, ill.
- Wegner, Dana M. & Ratliff, Colan & Lynaugh, Kevin: Fouled
Anchors: The Constellation Question Answered.
David Taylor Research Center, Bethesda, 1991. 4to, viii, 199 pp, ill.
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