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USS Constellation was a 36-gun frigate (Lardis, Mark 2008. Oxford: Osprey. p. 31.), one of the six original frigates authorized for construction by the Navy Act of 1794, She was distinguished as the first U.S. Navy vessel. Launched in 1797, Constellation was rebuilt several times including in 1853-54 (National Archives: U.S. Navy Annual Report of 1852-1858, Records of the Boston Navy Yard 1839-41; ‘Ingersoll of the Atlantic Fleet’, The Baltimore Sun, 28 FEB. 1943).