USS Constitution - Frigate of the United States Navy
USS Constitution, a sailing frigate built in 1797 for the United States Navy, is in active commission at Boston, Massachusetts. She shows the culmination of the 18th Century frigate: powerful and fast. She is a wooden city at sea, able to provide for her 400 crew for months at a time as she cruises the world’s oceans. As an active duty ship, she is still crewed by sailors of the United States Navy. As this website shows the development of naval and artillery technology during the 19th century, Constitution shows the beginning point.
USS Constellation - Sloop of War of the United States Navy
USS Constellation is the last sailing only ship designed for the US Navy in 1854. She is also the only intact US Navy ship which saw active cruising service during the American Civil War. She is preserved at Baltimore.
USS Santee - A Frigate of the United States Navy
USS Santee - designed after the War of 1812, built slowly in the 1820s-1850s, seeing active service at the beginning of the American Civil War, and serving many years as a school ship for the United States Naval Academy, was a beautiful frigate whose history reflects the changing technology of naval ordnance. This website is named in her honor.