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	USS Constellation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Three ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Constellation, in honor, according to the US Congress, of the "new constellation of stars" on the flag of the United States.
		The original Constellation, a 38-gun frigate, was the first ship to be commissioned in the United States Navy; the first US Navy vessel to put to sea; and the first US Navy vessel to engage, defeat, and capture an enemy vessel.
		The second Constellation was a sloop of war that served from 1855 to 1933, and is preserved as a National Historic Landmark in Baltimore, Maryland.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Constellation (234 words)

	USS Constellation (1797) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		USS Constellation was a 38-gun frigate and the first ship to be commissioned in the United States Navy.
		The original USS Constellation was constructed in 1797 by Joshua Humphreys and broken up for scrap in 1853 in Gosport Navy Yard in Norfolk, Virginia at the same time as the keel was laid for what would later be known as the second USS Constellation.
		Constellation was built at Harris Creek Shipyard in Baltimore's Fells Point and launched on 7 September 1797, just as the United States entered the Quasi-War with France.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Constellation_(1797) (435 words)

	Constellation class starship - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Constellation class is a class of starships once used by United Federation of Planets's Starfleet organization in the Star Trek fictional universe.
		The Constellation class is a contemporary to the refitted Constitution class and Miranda class as seen in its similar primary hull and identical warp nacelles.
		In real life, the Constellation class starship was designed by the visual effects staff of Star Trek: The Next Generation and first appeared in the season one episode The Battle.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Constellation_class_starship (796 words)

	USS Constellation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The first Constellation, 38, a frigate, was the first ship to be commissioned in the United States Navy; the first US Navy vessel to put to sea; and the first US Navy vessel to engage, defeat, and capture an enemy vessel.
		The second Constellation was a sloop of war that served from 1855 to 1933, and as of 2004 is preserved as a National Historic Landmark in Baltimore, Maryland.
		The third Constellation (CV-64) was a Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carrier which served from 1961 to 2003.
	www.pineville.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/USS_Constellation (278 words)

	USS Constellation (CV 64)
		In 1982, USS CONSTELLATION returned to the yards, this time in Bremerton, Wash. Naval aviation had undergone vast changes since 1961, and when the ship came out of the yards in 1984, two weeks early and under budget, it was fully modernized.
		USS THACH (FFG 43) was performing plane guard duties at the time of the incident and immediately placed a rigid-hull inflatable boat (RHIB) in the water.
		USS CONSTELLATION was the last of three aircraft carriers equipped with the Mk 10 missile launchers.
	navysite.de /cvn/cv64.htm (2157 words)

	Constellation
		Constellation returned to the States in November 1805, mooring at Washington where she later was placed in ordinary until 1812.
		Constellation underwent extensive repairs at Washington in 1812-13, and with the advent of war with England, Constellation, commanded by Captain Charles Stewart, was dispatched to Hampton Roads.
		In 1827, Constellation acted briefly as flagship for the West India Squadron on a twofold mission involving the eradication of the last of the pirates and the interception of slavers operating in the area.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/c13/constellation-i.htm (900 words)

	Constellation Strike Group
		Constellation and Enterprise operated on Yankee Station together during the month until 10 December, when Enterprise was unexpectedly directed to transit to the Indian Ocean where she operated as flagship for the newly formed Task Force 74 for the possible evacuation of U.S. citizens from East Pakistan in connection with the Indo-Pakistani war.
		Constellation and her escorts were ordered to the Gulf of Aden on 7 March 1979 in response to the conflict between North and South Yemen.
		USS Constellation is slated for replacement by the new CVN-76 Ronald Reagan in 2003.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/navy/batgru-64.htm (7760 words)

	Ships of the World: An Historical Encyclopedia - - USS Constellation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		During the Barbary Wars, in 1802, Constellation was assigned to the Mediterranean Squadron and took part in the evacuation of Derna and in actions against Tunis in 1805.
		Constellation was in ordinary from 1845 to 1853.
		It is quite clear that the Navy establishment felt Constellation ought to be maintained in some form, and it is possible that some timbers from the ship of 1797 were incorporated in the construction of the sloop of war Constellation in 1854.
	college.hmco.com /history/readerscomp/ships/html/sh_022400_ussconstell1.htm (361 words)

	Haze Gray & Underway Photo Feature: Sloop-of-War USS Constellation
		During 1852-53 the old 38-gun frigate USS Constellation, a contemporary of USS Constitution, was broken up at Gosport (Norfolk), VA. At the same time, in the same yard, a new 22-gun sloop-of-war was constructed, and was given the old frigate's name.
		By 1993 Constellation was in very bad shape, and was only a year away from being closed to the public.
		Constellation hull was hogged 34 inches, most of her major timbers were badly rotted, all of her rigging was ruined, and she was leaking badly.
	www.hazegray.org /features/constellation (748 words)

	USS CONSTELLATION BY LATINA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		USS Constellation is a 22 gun corvette or 'sloop of war' designed by John Lenthall and
		On February 5, 1799, for instance, the USS Constellation captured the French 36 gun frigate 'Insurgente' off the Island of Nevis in the West Indies.
		Today the USS Constellation is a floating museum and the last civil war era vessel still afloat today..
	www.historicships.com /TALLSHIPS/Latina/USS-Constellation-AL20700.htm (250 words)

	Constellation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The stars in a constellation or asterism rarely have any astrophysical relationship to each other; they just happen to appear close together in the sky as viewed from Earth and typically lie very far apart in space.
		The grouping of stars into constellations is essentially, and different cultures have had different constellations, although a few of the more obvious ones tend to recur frequently, e.g., Orion and Scorpius.
		Twelve of the constellations in the southern celestial hemisphere were not observable by the Greeks, and were created by Dutch navigators Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman in the sixteenth century and first cataloged by Johann Bayer.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/constellation (499 words)

	constellation on Encyclopedia.com
		The 12 constellations located along or near the ecliptic, the apparent path of the sun through the heavens, are known as the constellations of the zodiac ; the remaining constellations are officially classified as northern (28 constellations) or southern (48 constellations).
		In some cases, the English name for a constellation is not an exact translation of the Latin; e.g., the English name for Pictor reflects the fact that the figure in the constellation is not the painter himself but his easel.
		The USS Constellation is seen from a plane during training exercises off the coast of California.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/c1/constell.asp (825 words)

	5th Fleet Welcomes Constellation Battle Group
		ABOARD USS CONSTELLATION, At sea (NNS) -- San Diego-based aircraft carrier USS Constellation (CV 64) and its battle group recently arrived in the 5th Fleet Area of Responsibility (AOR), where it is serving in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
		Constellation, known as ‘America’s Flagship,’ is currently on a regularly-scheduled, six-month deployment in support of the global war on terrorism.
		Constellation is conducting its second deployment to the area in 15 months.
	www.news.navy.mil /search/display.asp?story_id=5144 (281 words)

	USS Constellation (CV-64) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Commissioned on October 27, 1961, CONSTELLATION sailed west to her homeport of San Diego in July of 1962.
		CONSTELLATION returned to San Diego on July 22, 1993, following her third transit around Cape Horn at the tip of South America.
		From her birthplace at the New York Naval Shipyard to her homeport of San Diego and her rebirth at Philadelphia; from the troubled waters of the Gulf of Tonkin to the North Arabian Sea, USS CONSTELLATION has written an impressive record for the world to see.
	www.swordsmen.org /connie.htm (507 words)

	The USS Constellation and L'Insurgent (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Out of 440 men on the Constellation, one man was killed and two wounded with little damage to the ship.
		The Constellation was rated as a 38 gun frigate but was reported carrying 48 guns at the time of the incident.
		The Constellation was built in Baltimore, Maryland, and launched on September 7, 1797, one of three large frigates built for the U. Navy at that time.
	ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/don_defran/theussco.htm (299 words)

	USS Constellation, deck log closed
		The USS Constellation, a steam-powered aircraft carrier, was known as “America’s Flagship” and served her country for 42 years and 21 voyages abroad.
		The Constellation was commissioned on October 27, 1961, carried a crew of about 5,000, and would usually have an airwing aboard of 73 tactical aircraft.
		Indeed, the USF Constellation was the first ship to be commissioned in the US Navy, the first to put to sea, and the first to engage, defeat and capture an enemy vessel.
	www.talkingproud.us /Military081003A.html (1048 words)

	CV 63 Kitty Hawk - Navy Ships
		USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) departed to Yokosuka, Japan, on 15 July 1998 where it replaced USS Independence (CV 62) as part of a planned rotation of forward-deployed naval forces.
		USS Constellation's Combat Systems Suite is one of the most advanced and capable in the fleet.
		USS Kitty Hawk is slated for replacement by the as yet un-named CVN-77 in 2008.
	www.fas.org /man/dod-101/sys/ship/cv-63.htm (1481 words)

	Aircraft Carrier Photo Index: USS CONSTELLATION (CVA-64)
		The aircraft carrier USS Constellation (CV-64), participating in Operation Southern Watch, is silhouetted on the sea as she continues her vigil in the Arabian Gulf on May 25, 1997.
		The USS Constellation (CV-64) (foreground) steams alongside the USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) in the South China Sea on Aug. 8, 1999.
		USS Constellation leaves Pearl Harbor for the last time, May 27, 2003 on her way back to San Diego.
	www.navsource.org /archives/02/64.htm (1784 words)

	U.S. Navy - A Brief History of Aircraft Carriers - USS Constellation (CV 64) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		USS Milius (DDG 65), also transiting home with the Constellation Strike Group, was in a position to assist, and was tasked by Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 7, embarked on Constellation, to investigate and render assistance to the vessel.
		Constellation, however, had two linguists aboard and was able to dispatch a helicopter carrying Cryptologic Technician Interpretive 3rd Class Russell Crandall, an Indonesian interpreter, to assist the Milius crew in communicating with crew of the ferry.
		USS Bunker Hill was one of the first warships to conduct Tomahawk strikes against leadership targets in Iraq.
	www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/ships/carriers/histories/cv64-constellation/cv64-constellation.html (7298 words)

	USS Constellation
		Constellation Battle Group (CBG) is composed of several different commands, all which reside under the authority of Commander, Carrier-Destroyer Group ONE (CCDG-1).
		Constellation, often referred to by its hull number (CV 64), is the centerpiece of the battle group.
		Embarked on USS Constellation is Carrier Air Wing Two (CVW-2).
	members.tripod.com /domgoh/connie01.htm (655 words)

	ABC 7 News - USS Constellation Heads to Naval Academy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The venerable USS Constellation can no longer make the 30-mile trip on her own power, so the sloop of war was moved to the academy by tugboats.
		The Constellation was sent in 1862 to protect U.S. merchant shipping from Confederate raiders during the Civil War, according to museum records.
		An earlier Constellation, launched in 1797, was a sister ship to the USS Constitution, the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.
	www.wjla.com /news/stories/1004/183055.html (521 words)

	A Cold Molded Shell for USS Constellation
		The hull and gun deck planking of the USS Constellation is currently being replaced with a cold molded planking shell.
		Prior to docking in December 1996, the USS Constellation was in a bad state.
		USS Constellation was a good example of an old, soft wooden ship with large lateral deflections as well as hog -- behaving more like a wet wicker basket than a bundle of reeds.
	www.maritime.org /conf/conf-davis.htm (3093 words)

	CNN.com - USS Constellation arrives home - Jun. 3, 2003
		Sailors aboard the USS Constellation unfurled large "thank you" banners as the aircraft carrier returned home Monday from Iraq on its final mission before decommissioning.
		The Constellation left San Diego Bay on November 2 and supported operations in Afghanistan before the ship's air wing was called in to attack targets in Iraq.
		Constellation's planes flew more than 1,500 missions and dropped more than 1.2 million pounds of ordnance, according to the Navy.
	www.cnn.com /2003/US/West/06/02/sprj.irq.constellation.homecoming.ap/index.html (388 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Military -- Retiring America's Flagship
		The Constellation – 1,069 feet long with a displacement of 80,000 tons – sailed from New York in 1961 for sea trials.
		The Constellation – 1,069 feet long and displacing about 80,000 tons – was the world's largest warship when it was commissioned Oct. 27, 1961.
		The Constellation "has done so much for the country that it had to build a USS Ronald Reagan to replace it," said the Connie's skipper, Capt. John "Fozzie" Miller.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/military/20030804-9999_z1n4flagship.html (1579 words)

	After 111 Years, 'Grand Old Lady' To Return To Former Home; USS CONSTELLATION Visiting Academy For Homecoming Events (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		USS CONSTELLATION will be decked out in red, white and blue bunting when it arrives in Annapolis for its week long visit.
		The sloop came to Annapolis as a 17-year old in 1871 and for the next 22 years served as a training ship for midshipmen when they went on their summer cruises along the East Coast.
		USS CONSTELLATION served as the training ship for one future secretary of the Navy, seven chiefs of naval operations, five commandants of the Marine Corps and 11 future superintendents.
	www.usna.com /WhatsNew/2004/ConstellationReturns/ConstellationReturns.htm (1149 words)

	USS Constellation prepares for war
		The Constellation, which has done everything from rain hell on North Vietnam to enforce the no-fly zone over Iraq and maintain peace in Korea, could reach the gulf region in as little as three weeks, perhaps a little sooner.
		Regardless of when she arrives, the 1,047-foot-long Constellation will become part of what is turning out to be the largest buildup in the Persian Gulf region since Operation Desert Storm in 1990-91.
		A carrier battle group led by the USS Abraham Lincoln is already in the northern Arabian Sea.
	www.globalsecurity.org /org/news/2002/021029-iraq1.htm (811 words)

	USS Constellation
		Naval history of USS Constellation, American aircraft carrier, from launch to participation in major wars also notice board for naval historians and families of ex-crew of USS Constellation.
		USS Constellation, Notice Board for naval enthusiasts and ex Crew families of USS Constellation.
		Two F14 Tomcats with tail hooks lowered prepare to recover aboard the USS Constellation at the end of a mission during a deployment that took the carrier to the Western Pacific, Indian Ocean and Arabian Sea in 1997.
	www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /constellation.htm (472 words)

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