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	USS Congress (1799) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The third USS Congress of the United States Navy was a 36-gun sailing frigate.
		Congress was one of the six original frigates authorized for construction by the Naval Act of 1794.
		Congress was assigned to the squadron of Commodore Rodgers, patrolling the North Atlantic, from June to August 1812.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Congress_(1799) (599 words)

	Santa Barbara County Courthouse Preservation Projects
		USS Congress, a 1,867-ton sailing frigate, was built between 1839 and 1842 at the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine.
		In 1859 Congress was reassigned as flagship of Commodore J. Sands and the Brazil Squadron, remaining in that area until the Civil War precipitated her return to Boston on 22 August 1861.
		Congress was anchored off Newport News, Va., on 8 March 1862, when she fell under attack by the Confederate ironclad, Virginia (ex-USS Merrimack) and five other small ships.
	www.santabarbaracourthouse.org /sbch/Histories/usscongress.htm (841 words)

	USS Congress
		A period of extensive repair preceded recommissioning of Congress in the fall of 1811 under the command of Captain J. Smith.
		Congress was assigned to the squadron of Commodore J. Rodgers, patrolling the North Atlantic, from June to August 1812.
		In 1824 Congress was placed in ordinary at Norfolk until December when she was towed to Washington for repairs.
	members.cox.net /shipkiller/data/frigate/congress3_frigate.html (533 words)

	KingsBayPeriscope.com: Navy ships named for African-Americans 02/05/04
		USS Jesse L. Brown (DE 1089 and later FF 1089 and FFT- 1089) was named in honor of Ensign Jesse L. Brown (1926-1950).
		USS Miller (DE 1091, later FF 1091) was named in honor of Cook Third Class Doris (''Dorie'') Miller.
		The guided-missile frigate USS Rodney M. Davis (FFG 60) was named in honor of Marine Sgt. Rodney M. Davis, who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism during the Vietnam War.
	www.kingsbayperiscope.com /stories/020504/kin_ships001.shtml (571 words)

	USS Congress - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The second Congress was a 28-gun sailing frigate (length 126 ft, breadth 34.9 ft, depth 10.5 ft) built by Lancaster Burling at Poughkeepsie, New York, under authority of an act of the Second Continental Congress dated 13 December 1775.
		The third Congress was a 36-gun sailing frigate launched in 1799 and in service periodically until she was broken up in 1834.
		The fourth Congress was a sailing frigate mounting 52 guns, launched in 1841, active in the Mexican-American War, and destroyed by the ironclad CSS Virginia in 1862.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Congress (322 words)

	Frequently Referenced Vessels \| Bibliographies \| Resources \| Monitor Center
		On September 6, 1861, the Congress was assigned to duty in the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron.
		Launched in the fall of 1860 as a civilian paddle wheel steamer, this vessel was purchased, renamed, and commissioned by the U.S. Navy as a supply ship under the command of Commander Stephen D. Trenchard less than a year later.
		During her sea trials on March 8 the Virginia rammed and sank the Cumberland and set the Congress afire in Hampton Roads.
	www.monitorcenter.org /resources/bibliographies/reffvessels (1225 words)

	USN Ships--USS Congress (1842-1862)
		CSS Virginia destroys USS Cumberland and USS Congress, 8 March 1862.
		USS Congress is also depicted, though inaccurately, in some views included in our coverage of the Action between USS Monitor and CSS Virginia, 9 March 1862.
		Date is during the 1840s or 1850s, when Congress was serving in the South Atlantic or passing through on her way to or from the Pacific.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-c/congres4.htm (651 words)

	A Tin Can Sailors Destroyer History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		USS SMITH was the first of the new Mahan class to be built at the sprawling Mare Island Navy Yard.
		She would be the second destroyer to bear the name of CAPT Joseph B. Smith, who gave his life in the defense of a steam frigate USS CONGRESS during her one-sided-fight against the Confederate ironclad ram CSS VIRGINIA (MERRIMACK) in one of the opening actions of the Civil War at sea.
		By the fall of 1944, American forces were moving toward the Philippines and USS SMITH was transferred to the massive Seventh Fleet for the largest invasion fleet yet to set sail in the Pacific.
	www.destroyers.org /nl-histories/dd378-nl.htm (909 words)

	National Academic Quiz Tournaments, LLC
		USS Monitor/CSS Virginia [aka USS Merrimack] After departing Union forces burned the Gosport Navy Yard in Norfolk in April 1861, yard workers salvaged the USS Merrimack and converted her into the ironclad CSS Virginia.
		USS Arizona (BB-39) [Pennsylvania class] A lead ship of the honor escort for President Wilson's trip to France in 1918, she was on Battleship Row at Pearl Harbor when Japanese aircraft appeared just before 8:00 am on Sunday, December 7, 1941.
		USS Missouri (BB-63) [Iowa class] The fourth USS Missouri was the last battleship completed by the United States; she was laid down January 6, 1941 by New York Naval Shipyard.
	www.naqt.com /YouGottaKnow/american-warships.html (969 words)

	Jamestown History
		The first Jamestown was a sloop of war launched in 1844 by the Navy Yard, Gosport, VA. Leaving Hampton Roads on June 25, 1845, she was the flagship of Commodore Charles W Skinner.
		The USS Jamestown was powered by a second generation warp drive with a top speed of warp 5.
		After the war ended, the USS Jamestown continued to serve the fleet well until she was decommissioned on June 15, 2195.
	www.angelfire.com /va/ussjamestown/history.html (2950 words)

	"Cheesebox on a Raft" Union Ironclad USS Monitor by Charles Landrum (Battle Axe 1/144)
		To many the radical USS Monitor was going to be the savior that would turn the tide of misfortune suffered by the Federal Government to that point.
		She came into being to defeat the monster ironclad the Confederacy was building to lift the Union naval blockade of it’s waters; it was to be a contest of David versus Goliath.
		USS Congress was still burning and only the masts of the USS Cumberland remained above water, when Virginia came out for round two.
	hsfeatures.com /ussmonitorcl_1.htm (3911 words)

	Seacoast NH Maritime Heritage Quiz
		Named for a peak in the White Mountains, this ship was built here in 1861 and came to national prominence in 1864 when it defeated the Confederate ship Alabama in one of the few naval battles of the Civil War.
		One of the first ships ordered built by the Continental Congress, this frigate was actually constructed in Boston, but rebuilt almost totally at Portsmouth Yard in the 1850s.
		Amazingly, the sub was recovered, returned to dry-dock and re-commissioned as the USS Sailfish in 1940 with some of the original crew returning.
	www.seacoastnh.com /ussconstitution/quiz.html (1217 words)

	Congress III (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Congress, one of six frigates authorized by Congress ional 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.
		After outfitting at Portsmouth and Boston, Congress proceded to Newport, R.I., in December 1799 then to sea to protect commerce from French despoilment.
	www.hazegray.org /danfs/frigates/congres3.htm (500 words)

	Henry DeHaven Manley
		Ordered to the USS Brooklyn, July 1860, Henry was Assistant Hydrographer to Lieutenant Jeffers, USN, during survey of Chiriqui Lagoon, Isthmus of Panama.
		He performed night picket duty with howitzer boats under the walls of Sumbter, had temporary command of the USS Nipsic and of the Canandaigua and for several months was commanding and senior officer of the off-shore blockade with four vessels, including the Canandaigua, as flag-ship.
		Henry returned in command of the USS Alert, in 1879, via San Francisco and went on duty at the office of War Records, Navy Department, 1880-2.
	members.aol.com /vacsn3/crew/congress/hdmanley.htm (755 words)

	USS Indianapolis CA-35
		Following is the language of the legislation passed by Congress regarding the court-martial and conviction of Captain McVay and signed by President Clinton.
		(10) The survivors of the USS Indianapolis overwhelmingly conclude that Captain McVay was not at fault in the loss of the USS Indianapolis and have dedicated their lives to vindicating their Captain McVay.
		(C) Unit Citation for Final Crew of the USS Indianapolis -- Congress strongly encourages the Secretary of the Navy to award a Navy Unit Commendation to the USS Indianapolis (CA-35) and her final crew.
	www.ussindianapolis.org /language.htm (695 words)

	The Battle between the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia
		The USS Merrimack was a Union frigate throughout most of its existence, up until the point that the Union Navy abandoned the Norfolk Naval Yard.
		Like the CSS Virginia, the USS Monitor was expected to sink; it was referred to as "Ericsson's Folly" (Johnson).
		She proceeded to sink the USS Cumberland and then ran the USS Congress aground.
	www.rpi.edu /~fiscap/history_files/monitor.htm (1117 words)

	USS Congress (48)
		The fourth vessel of the name, USS Congress saw duty in the Mediterranean and then, in the fall of 1844, protected American interests at the beginning of the eight-year siege of Montevideo by Argentine dictator Juan Manuel de Rosas.
		After sinking USS Cumberland, Virginia turned on Congress, whose commanding officer, Lieutenant Joseph Smith, intentionally grounded his ship under the protective fire of batteries near Signal Point.
		Unable to take the stranded vessel in tow due to the shallow water, Virginia riddled the stricken Congress with incendiary shot, and shortly after midnight the resulting fires ignited the magazines and the ship blew up.
	members.cox.net /shipkiller/data/frigate/congress4_frigate.html (786 words)

	USS Susquehanna
		Tattnall, USS Bienville, USS Pembina, USS Seneca, USS Ottawa, USS Unadilla, USS Pawnee, USS Mohican, USS Isaac Smith, USS Curlew, USS Vandalia, USS Penguin, USS Pocahontas, USS Seminole, Fort Beauregard, USS R.B. Forbes and "Rebel Camp".
		USS Susquehanna (1850-1883) is at the extreme left.
		A drawing of the figurehead and cutwater carving of the USS Susquehanna (from the National Archives)
	cssvirginia.org /vacsn3/crew/susque (1118 words)

	Peninsula Campaign Sites (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The USS Minnesota was run aground off Salter’s Creek, and the two ironclads, USS Monitor and CSS Virginia, fought each other to a standstill in this section of Hampton Roads.
		Congress and Cumberland Overlook: Scene of the March 8, 1862, sinking of the USS Cumberland and USS Congress by the ironclad ram, CSS Virginia.
		The fort was captured and partially destroyed on May 17, 1862, by the Union vessels USS Susquehanna, USS Minnesota, and the ironclad USS Galena.
	www.peninsulacampaign.org /sites.shtml (1097 words)

	Civil War Naval Actions -- CSS Virginia destroys USS Cumberland and USS Congress (via CobWeb/3.1 ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		At mid-day on 8 March 1862, CSS Virginia (formerly USS Merrimack, and persistently mid-identified by that name or as "Merrimac") steamed down the Elizabeth River from Norfolk and entered Hampton Roads.
		Anchored on the opposite side of Hampton Roads were five major Union warships: the frigate Congress and large sloop of war Cumberland off Newport News, and the frigates St.
		USS Congress and the bow of a Confederate gunboat are shown at right.
	www.history.navy.mil.cob-web.org:8888 /photos/events/civilwar/n-at-cst/hr-james/8mar62.htm (1178 words)

	Historical Documents--CSS Virginia Home Page
		Report to the Confederate Congress, Mar. 29, 1862, regarding the plans of the Virginia.
		Report regarding efforts to free the Minnesota in the early morning hours of March 9 and then again at noon on March 9, when it was struck by shells from the Merrimack and being blown up, in Putnam's The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, Vol.
		"Reception of the Heroes of the Congress and the Cumberland" at New-York, April 10, 1862.
	members.aol.com /vacsn4/original (6781 words)

	Sinking of the USS Congress &the USS Cumberland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Sinking of the USS Congress andthe USS Cumberland
		Sinking of the USS Congress and the USS Cumberland
		The ironclad moved to attack the USS Minnesota, one of three vessels that had run aground coming to the aid of the Cumberland.
	www.peninsulacampaign.org /sinking.shtml (191 words)

	USS Congress
		See the index entry for the USS Congress in Volume 7, Series 1 of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies at Cornell's Making of America web site.
		Please see the entry for the USS Congress in the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
		In command of the Congress until he was killed on March 8, 1862.
	cssvirginia.org /vacsn3/crew/congress (871 words)

	Our Founding Fathers Sacrificed for the United States of America
		On July 2, 1776, the Continental Congress voted 12-0 -- New York abstained -- in favor of Richard Henry Lee's resolution "that these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States."
		On July 15, Congress learned that the New York Legislature had decided to endorse the Declaration.
		On Aug. 2, a parchment copy was presented to the Congress for signature.
	www.ussyorktown.com /yorktown/foundingfathers.htm (967 words)

	History: Civil War - Monitor vs. Merrimack
		The battle on March 9, 1862, between the USS Monitor and the CSS Merrimack, officially the CSS Virginia, is one of the most revolutionary naval battles in world history.
		The USS Merrimack was a Union frigate throughout most of its existence, up until the Union Navy abandoned the Norfolk Naval Yard.
		The USS Minnesota was run aground on one of the shores.
	www.cyberessays.com /History/140.htm (1193 words)

	The American Thinker (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		In 1792, for instance, Congress opted for a peace treaty with Algiers that would cost upwards of $40,000 with up to $25,000 to be paid in annual tribute.
		Congress didn’t respond to Qaramanli’s actions until February 1802 when it empowered Jefferson to use the Navy in any way he deemed to protect “the commerce and seamen of the United States against Tripolitan cruisers.” Jefferson’s instructions to naval officers were explicit:
		His chief frustration was the loss of Captain William Bainbridge’s USS Philadelphia, multiplied by the fact that Bainbridge failed to destroy his personal papers after abandoning his grounded ship in Tripoli harbor.
	www.americanthinker.com /articles_print.php?article_id=5014 (1986 words)

	Inventory of the Louis J. Sands Papers, 1856-1903
		Early letters discuss his experiences in the United States Navy as a clerk on the USS Susquehanna and the USS Congress before the Civil War, including a failed attempt at laying the first transcontinental telegram cable across the Atlantic, and voyages to Montevideo, Uruguay, and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
		Also included is a picture by an unknown artist of the sinking of the USS Bazely on 9 December 1864 by a Confederate torpedo on the Roanoke River in North Carolina.
		Early letters discuss his experiences in the United States Navy as a clerk on the USS Susquehanna and the USS Congress before the United States Civil War, including a failed attempt at laying the first transcontinental telegram cable across the Atlantic, and voyages to Montevideo, Uruguay, and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
	www.lib.unc.edu /mss/inv/htm/05180.html (632 words)

	Princeton Library - Princeton
		From the exhibit "History of the American West: 1860-1920," at the Library of Congress.
		USS Princeton: Report on Operations During the 1906 Earthquake and Fire (Museum of the City of San Francisco)
		USS Princeton (CVL 23) Is Sunk (The United States Navy)
	www.princeton.lib.nj.us /princeton/history/names (273 words)

	Ironclad
		She had rammed and destroyed the 24-gun USS Cumberland and had sunk the 50-gun USS Congress.
		On May 5, the Albemarle, accompanied by the Cotton Plant and the newly acquired CSS Bombshell (formerly the USS Bombshell), entered Albemarle Sound with intentions of heading to New Bern to support a planned Confederate attack against the Union forces occupying the town.
		Over $5.9 million is being used to restore and protect the ironclad USS Cairo on display in Vicksburg, Mississippi, and $10 million has been allocated for a facility to house the ironclad CSS Jackson on display in Columbus, Georgia.
	www.usvetdsp.com /ironclad.htm (4964 words)

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