USS United States (1797)

USS United States was a frigate in the United States Navy in 1797.

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Frigate - United States Navy - 1797

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United States was the first of six frigates completed under authority of the Naval Act of 1794 passed by Congress on 27 March 1794, and was designed by naval architect Joshua Humphreys and Captain Thomas Truxtun. She was built at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was launched there on 10 May 1797. She was commissioned on 22 February with American Revolutionary War naval hero Captain John Barry in command. In 1861 the United States was captured and subsequently commissioned into the Confederate States Navy as CSS United States.

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Six frigates - Naval Act of 1794 - Congress - 27 March - 1794 - Joshua Humphreys - Thomas Truxtun - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Launched - 10 May - 1797 - Commissioned - 22 February - American Revolutionary War - John Barry - 1861 - Confederate States Navy

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United States was the first American warship to be launched under the naval provisions of the United States Constitution, four months before the launching of her sister ship Constellation at Baltimore, Maryland, and five and one-half months before that of Constitution at Boston, Massachusetts. She was fitted out at Philadelphia during the spring of 1798 and, on 3 July, was ordered to proceed to sea.

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United States Constitution - ''Constellation'' - Baltimore, Maryland - ''Constitution'' - Boston, Massachusetts - 1798 - 3 July

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