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USS ''Constellation'', constructed in 1854, is a sloop-of-war/corvette and the second United States Navy ship to carry the name. According to the U.S. Naval Registry the original frigate was disassembled on 25 June 1853 in Gosport Navy Yard in Norfolk, Virginia, and the sloop-of-war/corvette was constructed in the same yard using material salvaged from the earlier ship. ''Constellation'' is the last sail-only warship designed and built by the Navy. Despite being a single-gundeck "sloop," she is actually larger than her frigate namesake, and more powerfully armed with fewer but much more potent shell-firing guns. The sloop was launched on 26 August 1854 and commissioned on 28 July 1855 with Captain Charles H. Bell in command. ==Civil War== From 1855–1858 ''Constellation'' performed largely diplomatic duties as part of the U.S. Mediterranean Squadron. She was flagship of the African Squadron from 1859–1861. In this period she took part in African Slave Trade Patrol operations to disrupt the Atlantic slave trade. The ship interdicted three slave ships and released the imprisoned Africans: *On 21 December 1859, she captured the brig ''Delicia'' which was "without colors or papers to show her nationality completely fitted in all respects for the immediate embarcation of slaves..." *On 26 September 1860, ''Constellation'' captured the "fast little bark" ''Cora'' with 705 slaves, who were set free in Monrovia, Liberia. *On 21 May 1861, ''Constellation'' overpowered the slaver brig ''Triton'' in African coastal waters. It held no slaves, although "every preparation for their reception had been made."〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=USS Constellation )〕 ''Constellation'' spent much of the war as a deterrent to Confederate cruisers and commerce raiders in the Mediterranean Sea. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「USS Constellation (1854)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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