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USF Constellation (1797)

Page history last edited by Mark Gutis 14 years, 9 months ago

Constellation, 38 Guns

 

Details
Nationality American
Ordered 1794/03/17 W012
Laid Down 1794/00/00 W012
Launched 1797/03/27 W012
Shipyard Harris Creek Shipyard, Baltimore W012
Designer Joshua Humphreys W012
Constructor David Stodder W012
Rate Frigate  
Type Frigate  
Out Service 1853 W012
Fate Broken Up W012

 

Dimensions
W012   Type Metric
Length of Gundeck 164' 0" Imperial Feet 49.99
Breadth 41' 0" Imperial Feet 12.5
Depth in Hold 13' 6" Imperial Feet 4.11
Burthen 1,278 Tons BM  

 

Armament
1797 Broadside Weight = 396 B043
Gun Deck 28 American 24 Pounder
Spardeck 10 American 12-Pounder
1799/05 Broadside Weight = 372 B043
Spardeck 10 American 24-Pound Carronade
Gun Deck 28 American 18 Pounder

 

Crew
Date Men Notes Source
1797 340 Establishment W012

 

Flag Officers
Date From Date to Rank/Position Name Source
1819/11/12 1820/04/20 Commodore Charles Morris W012
Commanders
Date From Date to Rank/Position Name Source
1798 1799 Captain Thomas Truxtun W012
1799 1799 Captain Samuel Barron W012
1799 1805 Captain Thomas Truxtun W012
1813 Unknown Captain Charles Stewart W012
Officers
Date From Date to Rank/Position Name Source
1798   Lieutenant Andrew Sterrett B172
1798   Mrine Lieutenant Bartholemew Clinch W058
1799 1799 Midshipman Thomas Macdonough W012
1799 1799 Midshipman David Porter B043
1799 1799 First Lieutenant John Rodgers W012
1799 1800/02 Midshipman Samuel Angus W012
  1800/02/01 Midshipman James Jarvis B169
    Midshipman Nathaniel Goodwin B172
1802 1802 Midshipman James Biddle B174
1812   Lieutenant Joseph Smith W052
1812   Lieutenant Joseph Cassin W052
1812   Lieutenant Beverly Kennon W052
1812   Lieutenant Charles T. Stallings W052
1812   Lieutenant Benedict I. Neale W052
1812   Midshipman John A. Cook W052
1812   Midshipman Thomas A. Conover W052
1812   Midshipman John Chew (of Benjamin) W052
1812   Midshipman Robert B. Cunningham W052
1812   Midshipman Daniel S. DeSaussure W052
1812   Midshipman William Dangerfield W052
1812   Midshipman Frank Ellery W052
1812   Midshipman French Forrest W052
1812   Midshipman William Hall W052
1812   Midshipman Walter F. Jones W052
1812   Midshipman William G. Lewis W052
1812   Midshipman William P. Livingston W052
1812   Midshipman Joseph Myers W052
1812   Midshipman Hiram Paulding W052
1812   Midshipman James Roberts W052
1812   Midshipman Victor M. Randolph W052
1812   Midshipman Burwell S. Randolph W052
1812   Midshipman Peter Y. Strong W052
1812   Midshipman Albert G. Wall W052
  1814/05/12 Midshipman Irvine Shubrick E-family Trees
1831 1834 Lieutenant Henry Pinkney W050
1831 1834 Lieutenant Theodorus Bailey W050
1831 1834 Lieutenant Hilary H. Rhodes W050
1831 1834 Lieutenant M. G. L. Claiborne W050
1831 1834 Lieutenant James L. Parker W050
1831 1834 Marine 1st Lt. John G. Reynolds W050
1831 1834 Passed Midshipman Napoleon Collins W050
1831 1834 Midshipman John C. Beaumont W050
1831 1834 Midshipman Homer C. Blake W050
1831 1834 Midshipman Garrit V. Denniston W050
1831 1834 Midshipman Earl English W050
1831 1834 Midshipman Benjamin L. S. Henderson W050
1831 1834 Midshipman John Matthews, Jr. W050
1831 1834 Midshipman Robert M. McArann W050
1831 1834 Midshipman John C. Richardson W050
1831 1834 Midshipman William G. Temple W050
1831 1834 Midshipman James Waddell W050
1831 1834 Midshipman John Walcutt W050
1831 1834 Midshipman James Wilcoxson W050
1831 1834 Midshipman James Wiley W050
1834 1834 Midshipman Augustus S Baldwin  

 

Warrant Officers
Date From Date to Rank/Position Name Source
1812   Surgeon George T. lennon W052
1812   Acting Surgeon's Mate James R. Boyce W052
1812    Surgeon's Mate  William C. Whittelsey W052
1812   Seaman William Bothick W052
1812   Purser  Herman Thorn W052
1812   Chaplain 

Colden Cooper

 W052
1812   Master James Ferguson W052
1812   Master Thomas Hamersley W052
1812   Gunner Henry Hunt W052
1812   Gunner George Jackson W052
1812   Carpenter Jonathan Gedney W052
1812   Carpenter Richard Thomas W050
1831 1834 Master's Mate Daniel James W050
1831 1834 Master's Mate John Munroe W050
1831 1834 Purser Nathaniel Wilson W050
1831 1834 Professor of Math Thomas H. Perry W050
1831 1834 Carpenter David Marple W050
1831 1834 Sailmaker John Heckle W050

 

Crew
Date From Date to Rank/Position Name Source
1798   Seaman Hugh Williams B172
1798 1799 Seaman Neal Harvey B172
  1800   John Hoxse The Yankee Tar
    Seaman William Bothick B172
1829 1831   E. C. Wines Two Years and a Half in the American Navy
1833 1844-Jun-8  

William Trevaskiss

 Mariners L-Archives

 

Service Record
Date Notes Source
1798/06 Convoyed Merchantmen until August  
1798/12 Departed for the Caribbean  
1799/02/09 Captured French Frigate Insurgente (40) off Nevis island in the West Indies (2 crew killed).  W012 
1799/12 Sailed to patrol the West Indies  
1799 Seized two french Privateers Diligent and Union W012
1800/02/01 Action off Guadaloupe, West Indies vs. French Frigate Vengeance (52), whose Commander faked surrender twice and eventually escaped under cover of darkness. Constellation lost her Mainmast and was unable to pursue 

B043

W012
1800/05 Recaptured three American Merchantmen from the French  
1800/06/21 Arrived at St. Christopher B043
1800/07 Ordered to San Domingo to relieve the Constitution B043
     
1801/04/10 Anchored in Delaware Bay and laid over on her beams, which required extensive repair  
1802/05 Blockade of Tripoli habour  
1812 Underwent partial rebuild, 14" added to her Beam  
1813/01 Blockaded in Hampton Roads, Virginia by British Blockade Squadron  
1815/05/20 Left New York for the Mediterranean  
1815/06/17 Shared in capture of Algerian Frigate Mashuda (46)  
1817/12 Returned to Hampton Roads  
1819/11/12 Became flagship on the Brazil Station  
1827 Acted as flagship for the West Indies Squadron  
1829/08 Cruised for the Mediterranean  
1831/11 Returned to the USA  
1832/04 Returned to the Mediterranean  
1834/11 Returned home after an outbreak of Cholera  
1835/10 Took part in crushing the Seminole uprising in the Gulf of Mexico  

 

Fleets
Fleet Title Commander Date From Date To Source
No Fleets Listed

 

Actions & Battles
Date Source
1799/02/09 Action of 1799-02-09  
1800/02/01 Action of 1800-02-01  

 

Notes on Ship
Casualties from the Vengeance Our Naval War with France
The Constellation lost fourteen killed and twenty-five wounded, of whom eleven died of their wounds
In The Yankee Tar, is a list of officers and men, wounded and missing, by the action of the 1st of Feb. 1800, pp. 76-78.

 

Sources
Id Link or Description Author
W012 Dictionary of American Fighting Vessels Unknown
B043 Our Naval War with France Gardner W Allen
001 Records of Living officers of the US Navy and Marine Corps Lewis R Hamersley
W050 Official Register of all Officer and Agents of the United States  

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