USS Constellation 37"

Item  #  B1002

USS Constellation 37"
 
  • 37" long x 12" Wide x 28" High (1:100 scale).  15 Lbs.
  • Requires hundreds of hours to build from scratch (not from a model kit) by our master artisans.
  • Built with rare, high quality woods such as cherry, padauk, apamate, maple and rosewood.
  • Hand painted the actual colors of the real USS Constellation still floating at Baltimore Inner Harbor.
  • The model rests perfectly on a large wood base between four arched metal dolphins. (marble base shown).
  • Masterfully stitched canvas sails.
  • No plastic fittings (metal anchors and machine turned brass cannons).
  • Significant deck detail - Including a lower deck!
  • To build this ship, extensive research was done using various sources such as museums, drawings, copies of original plans and photos of the actual ship.
 
USS Constellation was a 38-gun frigate, one of the six original frigates authorized for construction by the Naval Act of 1794. She was distinguished as the first U.S. Navy vessel to put to sea and the first U.S. Navy vessel to engage, defeat, and capture an enemy vessel. Constructed in 1797, she was decommissioned in 1853.
 

On March 27, 1794, the United States Congress passed the Naval Act of 1794, which provided for building the US Navy its first new ships: the frigates Chesapeake, Congress, Constellation, Constitution, President, and United States. Constellation was the first to be commissioned.

Constellation was built at Harris Creek Shipyard in Baltimore's Fells Point by Joshua Humphreys and launched on September 7, 1797, just as the United States entered the Quasi-War with France.
     
     
 USS Constellation 37" $479.95
     
     
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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