Captain James Sever-- Part 2: Superintendent of USS Congress' Construction, Christened the USS Constitution

Captain James Sever was the first captain of the heavy frigate USS Congress which was a sister ship to the USS Constitution.

He was also the superintendent  of the construction of the USS Congress at a shipyard in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.  The sister ship of the Congress, the Constitution, still exists today in Boston Harbor.

In fact, it was Captain James Sever who christened the USS Constitution with a bottle of wine during her launching on October 21, 1797.

--Brock-Perry