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Commemorative Medallion
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USS Constellation (IX-20)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Echo - Papa - Romeo
 NEPR
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from left to right
Top Row - Civil War Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - World War I Victory Medal - American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Sail Corvette:
  • Laid down, 25 June 1853 at Gosport Navy Yard, Portsmouth, VA.
  • Launched, 26 August 1854
  • Commissioned USS Constellation, 18 July 1855, CAPT Charles H. Bell, in command
  • Renamed USS Old Constellation, 1 December 1917
  • Original name restored, 24 July 1926
  • Decommissioned, 16 June 1933
  • Recommissioned in August 1940
  • Designated Miscellaneous Unclassified (IX-20), 8 January 1941
  • Decommissioned, 4 February 1955
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 15 August 1955
  • Final Disposition, transferred to a citizens group at Baltimore MD., for restoration and display
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,265 t.
    Length 164'
    Beam 40' 6"
    Draft 13' 6"
    Speed unk
    Complement 340
    Armament 38 guns
    Propulsion sail
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    Constellation 73k USS Constellation (IX-20) moored at her berth in the Inner Harbor at Baltimore, MD., date unknown. Photo from "Warship Boneyards", by Kit and Carolyn Bonner, courtesy US Frigate Constellation Association. Robert Hurst
    Constellation 146k USSConstellation (IX-20) at Baltimore, MD., date unknown. © Richard Leonhardt
    Constellation 163k USS Constellation (IX-20) at Baltimore, MD., date unknown. © Richard Leonhardt
    Constellation 156k USS Constellation (IX-20) at Baltimore, MD., date unknown. © Richard Leonhardt
    Constellation 89k USS Constellation (IX-20) at Baltimore, MD. in 1999. Hyperwar US Navy in WWII web site
    Constellation 141k USS Constellation (IX-20) moored at her berth in the Inner Harbor at Baltimore, MD., 4 March 2006. Photo by Wendell McLaughlin
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