Ship profile for the sailing ship: "USS Constellation"
Photos of the sailing ship:
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Source, location, date:
Wojtek Wacowski (http://www.voytec.com/),
Baltimore, MD USA,
04/2002
Technical data of the sailing ship:
| Name: | USS Constellation |
| Registered port: | Baltimore |
| Nation: | USA |
| Type of rigging: | VOLLSCHIFF |
| Year built: | 1797 |
| Yard: | David Stodders Shipyard, Baltimore |
| Overall length: | 79.20 m |
| Length (hull): | 61.90 m |
| Breadth: | 12.70 m |
| Sail area: | 1870 m2 |
| Ship's hull: | Holz / Wood |
| Engine: | keine/none |
Portrait of the sailing ship:
Last update: 30 Dec 1999
- commissioned 1798 to save American trade vessels in the Mediterranean agains pirates.
- she is the oldest ship which permanently swimms in the water, took an active part in the American Civil War, she is the American ship with the longest time in commission.
- 1802-05 in the Mediterranean to fight against pirates.
- 1805-12 as stationary ship in Washington, successful action in the War for Liberation of America against England, after that in the Mediterranean again until 1817.
- 1819-21 protection of the trade routes to South America and on the coast of Peru, 1825-26 active against Caribbean pirates.
- 1831 with political mission to England and France, after that in the Mediterranean again for the next 4 years.
- 1835 in the Gulf of Mexico, took actively part in the put down of the revolt by the Seminoles in Florida.
- 1840 start of a circumnavigation until 1844, flag ship of the East-Indian fleet, she saved the Sandwich Islands against a British annexation on her return to America.
- 1845-52 stationary ship in Norfolk.
- rebuilding and enlarge of the hull 1853.
- used in the Mediterranean for aditional 3 years, decommissioned in August 1858.
- laid up in Newport in poor condition when the WW II begun, nominated to the flag ship of the Atlantic fleet.
- 1955 officially decommissioned from her active service, restored by in Baltimore by the patriotic organisation "Star Spangled Banner Flag House Association of Baltimore".
- till 1994 completely rigged in the port of Baltimore, 1996 start of a complete restore.
Contact:
Website (English, 08 Feb 2025):https://historicships.org/explore/uss-constellation
USS Constellation: general info, her detailed history, available tours, restorations, activities, photos of the restoration, contact address
Literature for further reading:
We recommend the following references for your further research of the ship. The references marked with have been included in the generation of the ship profile on this page.
Otmar Schäuffelen
"Die letzten grossen Segelschiffe"
Delius Klasing Verlag 1997 ISBN: 3-7688-0483-6
(9. aktualisierte Auflage)
Page: 332 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data
American Sail Training Association (ASTA)
"Sail Tall Ships! A Directory of Sail Training and Adventure at Sea"
2000 ISBN: 0-9636483-5-7
(12th Edition)
Page: 88 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data Quelle with contact
Ingrid Schmidt
"Maritime Oldtimer, Museumsschiffe aus 4 Jahrhunderten"
Edition Leipzig 1986
Page: 135, 152 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data
Otmar Schäuffelen
"Die letzten grossen Segelschiffe"
Delius Klasing Verlag 2002 ISBN: 3-7688-0483-6
(10. aktualisierte und erweiterte Auflage)
Page: 373 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data
American Sail Training Association (ASTA)
"Sail Tall Ships! A Directory of Sail Training and Adventure at Sea"
2007 ISBN: 978-0-9799878-0-9
(17th Edition)
Page: 130 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data Quelle with contact