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
- 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[?] 1797-1955 [sic]
- 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[?] 1799-1801
- Guerriere[?] 1814-1831
- Hancock[?]
- Hudson[?]
- Insurgent[?]
- John Adams[?]
- Potomac[?]
- President[?]
- Raleigh[?]
- Randolph[?]
- Raritan
- Sabine[?]
- St. Lawrence[?]
- United States
- Virginia