Wikipedia.
In case you're wondering about these six frigates built as per the Naval Act of 1794, of which the USS Congress was one, here is a list of them, along with site built, guns, naval contractor and Navy superintendent:
CHESAPEAKE: Gosport, Virginia (Norfolk, Va.), 44 guns, Josiah Fox, Richard Dale
CONSTITUTION: Boston, Massachusetts, 44 guns, George Claghorn, Samuel Nicholson
PRESIDENT: New York, New York, 44 guns, Christian Bergh, Silas Talbot
UNITED STATES: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 44 guns, Joshua Humphreys, John Barry
CONGRESS: Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 36 guns, James Hackett, James Sever
CONSTELLATION: Baltimore, Maryland, 36, David Stodder, Thomas Truxton
--Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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