USS Congress

Six United States Navy ships have been named USS "Congress", after the legislature of the US.

* The USS|Congress|1776, was a galley built on Lake Champlain, which served as flagship in the Battle of Valcour Island.

*The USS|Congress|1777, was a 28-gun sailing frigate built by Lancaster Burling at Poughkeepsie, New York, under authority of an act of the Second Continental Congress dated 13 December 1775.

*The USS|Congress|1799, was a 36-gun sailing frigate launched in 1799 and in service periodically until she was broken up in 1834.

*The USS|Congress|1841, was a sailing frigate mounting 52 guns, launched in 1841 and active in the Mexican-American War, and destroyed by the ironclad CSS Virginia in 1862.

*The USS|Congress|1868, was a screw sloop commissioned in 1870 and decommissioned 1876.

*The USS|Congress|1918, was a motor launch acquired by the Navy and placed in service on 18 October 1918. She carried out miscellaneous patrol duties in the 5th Naval District until 23 September 1919 when she was stricken from the Navy List. She was sold on 8 December 1919.

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