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|colspan="2"|[[Image:USS Congress.jpg|thumb|300px|right|USS ''Congress'']]
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! style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy;"| Career
! style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy;"| [[Image:15 star Jack.PNG|48px|USN Jack]]
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| Launched:
| 15 August 1799
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| Commissioned:
| December 1799
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| Fate:
| broken up
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!colspan="2" style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy;"| General Characteristics
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| Displacement:
| 1,244 tons (1254 [[metric ton|t]])
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| Length:
| 152.7 ft (46.5 m)
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| Beam:
| 41.3 ft (12.6 m)
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| Depth:
| 20 ft (6.1 m)
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| Complement:
| 340 officers and enlisted
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| Armament:
| 28 × 18-pounder long guns <br>20 × 32-pounder carronades
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'''USS ''Congress''''', one of six frigates authorized by congressional enactment of 27 March 1794, was built by naval constructor, J. Hackett, at Portsmouth, N.H. Her construction, interrupted upon conclusion of peace terms with Algiers, was resumed with the imminence of naval war with France, and she was launched 15 August 1799 under the command of Captain J. Sever.
'''USS ''Congress''''', one of six frigates authorized by congressional enactment of 27 March 1794, was built by naval constructor, J. Hackett, at Portsmouth, N.H. Her construction, interrupted upon conclusion of peace terms with Algiers, was resumed with the imminence of naval war with France, and she was launched 15 August 1799 under the command of Captain J. Sever.