USS Constellation was a sloop-of-war, or corvette, built in 1854 at Gosport Navy Yard near Norfolk, Virginia. For a long time she was believed by many to be the old frigate of 1797, rebuilt and moderized. That belief, however misguided, is probably why the ship still exists today, and is a museum in downtown Baltimore Maryland.

The debate of whether she's the frigate or the sloop has gone on for decades, but it's certain, and scientifically proven that she is not the frigate, but an entirely new vessel, built from scratch to an all new design. Still, there are many that refuse to yield to facts and continue to persue their personal agendas.

This site is not intended to argue the ship's origins, but to cronicle the building of a working, sailing model of the 1st Class Sloop-of-War Constellation as she appeared during her first cruise in 1856.