USS Constitution was one of six frigates authorized for construction by an act of Congress in 1794. Joshua Humphreys designed them to be the Navy's capital ships. Larger and more heavily armed ...
With sea shanties blaring on the loudspeaker and onlookers taking pictures from the shore, USS Constitution slowly pulled ...
The United States Navy was created on March 27, 1794, when Congress passed the Act to Provide a Naval Armament in response to pirate attacks on U.S. ships near modern-day Libya. President George ...