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Monday, February 24, 2020

USS Congress Stats-- Part 3


From Wikipedia.

Namesake:  The United States Congress

Ordered 27 March 1794

Builder:  James Hackett

Cost:  $197,245

Laid Down:  1795

Launched:   15 August 1799

Maiden Voyage:  January 6, 1800

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Type:  38-gun frigate

Displacement:  1,265 tons

Length:  164 feet

Beam:  41 feet

Depth of Hold:  13 feet

Decks:  4  (Orlop, Berth, Gun, Spar)

Propulsion:  Sail

Complement:  340 officers and enlisted

Armament:

1799

28  Eighteen Pounders and 12 Nine Pounders

1812

24  Eighteen Pounders and 20 Thirty-Two Pounders (carronade)

--Brock-Perry


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