List of sailing frigates of the United States Navy
This is a list of sailing frigates of the United States Navy. Frigates were the backbone of the early Navy, although the list shows that many suffered unfortunate fates.
- Adams 1799-1814
- Alliance 1778-1785
- Bonhomme Richard 1779
- Boston (2nd) 1777-1780
- Boston (3rd) 1799-1814
- Bourbon 1783, never completed
- Brandywine 1825-1864
- Chesapeake 1800-1813, captured by British
- Columbia 1836-1861
- Confederacy 1778-1781, captured by British
- Congress (2nd) 1777, never completed
- Congress (3rd) 1799-1834
- Congress (4th) 1841-1862
- Constellation 1797-1853
- Constitution 1797-present, Old Ironsides
- Cumberland 1842-1862, sunk by CSS Virginia
- Cyane 1815-1835, captured from British
- Deane 1778-1783
- Delaware 1776-1777, captured by British
- Effingham 1777, never completed
- Essex 1799-1814, captured by British
- General Greene 1799-1814, burned
- Guerriere 1814-1841
- Hancock 1776-1777, captured by British
- Hudson 1826-1844
- Insurgent 1799-1800, lost at sea
- John Adams 1799-1867
- New York 1800-1814, burned by British
- Philadelphia 1799-1804, captured by Tripoli
- Potomac 1822-1877
- President 1800-1815, captured by British
- Raleigh 1776-1778, captured by British
- Randolph 1776-1778, exploded in battle
- Raritan 1843-1861
- Sabine 1855-1883
- St. Lawrence 1848-1875
- United States 1797-1865
- Virginia 1776-1778, captured by British