&sq=&lang=&file=File:USS_Congress_(1841).jpg) USS Congress (1841)
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| Name | USS Congress |
| Builder | Portsmouth Naval Shipyard |
| Launched | August 16, 1841 |
| Commissioned | May 7, 1842 |
| Fate | Sunk, March 8, 1862 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Frigate |
| Tonnage | 1867 |
| Length | 179 ft (55 m) (p.p.) |
| Beam | 47 ft 9.6 in (14.569 m) |
| Draft | 22 ft 6 in (6.86 m) |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Complement | 480 officers and enlisted |
| Armament | |
USS Congress was a United States Navy frigate in operation between 1842 and 1862. The fourth Navy ship to carry that name Congress, she served in the Mediterranean, South Atlantic Ocean, and in the Pacific Ocean. She continued to operate as an American warship until the American Civil War, when she was sunk by the ironclad CSS Virginia in battle of Newport News, Virginia, in 1862.