USS Constellation

A 22-gun corvette designed by John Lentham and built at the Norfolk Navy Yard, Norfolk, VA, in 1855. Her dimensions are 53,64×12,73×6,10 [d] m [176'0×41'9"×20'0" [d]] and with a displacement of 1960 tons.

Has been restored to represent a frigate of the end of the 18th century. Presently preserved as a museum ship at the Constellation Dock, Baltimore, MD.

As of May 1995 closed to the public due to detoriated condition.

On September 20, 1996, The Mariner, the Guide to Boating and Leisure on Chesapeake Bay, reported that USS Constellation prepares for drydock.

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.: "The Frigate Constellation Clearly Was No More": Or Was She?
The American Neptune Vol. 53, Salem, 1993. pp ??-??. (1993).
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.: The Frigate Strikes Her Colors.
The American Neptune Vol. 55, Salem, 1995. pp 243-258, ill. Notes on W.M.P. Dunne's article "The Frigate Constellation Clearly Was No More": Or Was She? in The American Neptune Vol. 53 (1993).
Wegner, Dana M. & Ratliff, Colan & Lynaugh, Kevin: Fouled Anchors: The Constellation Question Answered.
David Taylor Research Center, Bethesda, 1991. 4to, viii, 199 pp, ill.

Updated 2002-05-17 by Lars Bruzelius

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