USS Congress (FFG-63)

	Artist rendering of the final Constellation -class design
History
United States
Name	Congress
Namesake	USS Congress
Awarded	20 May 2021
Builder	Fincantieri Marinette Marine , Marinette, Wisconsin
Identification	Hull number : FFG-63
Status	Ordered
General characteristics
Class and type	Constellation -class frigate
Displacement	7,400 short tons (6,700 t )
Length	496 ft (151.18 m)
Beam	65 ft (19.81 m)
Draft	26 ft (7.92 m)
Propulsion	CODLAG
Speed	in excess of 26 kn (48 km/h; 30 mph)
Range	6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 16 kn (30 km/h; 18 mph) (electric drive)
Boats & landing ; craft carried	2 × rigid-hulled inflatable boats
Capacity	200 accommodations
Complement	140 crew
Sensors and ; processing systems	COMBATSS-21 Combat Management System ( AEGIS derivative) ; AN/SPY-6 (V)3 Enterprise Air Surveillance Radar (EASR) ; AN/SPS-73(V)18 - Next Generation Surface Search Radar ; AN/SLQ-61 light weight towed array sonar ; AN/SQS-62 Variable-Depth Sonar ; AN/SQQ-89F undersea warfare/anti-submarine warfare combat system ; Cooperative Engagement Capability ;
Armament	32 Mark 41 VLS cells with: ; Possibly RIM-162 ESSM Block 2 and/or RIM-174 Standard ERAM missiles ; Planned RIM-66 Standard SM-2 Block 3C ; 8 × or 16 × canister launched Over-the-horizon Anti-Ship Weapons (likely Naval Strike Missile ) ; RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile launched from Mk 49 Guided Missile Launching System (21 cell) ; Mk 110 57mm gun with the Advanced Low Cost Munition Ordnance (ALaMO) projectile and related systems. ; Various machine guns M240 or M2 ;
Aircraft carried	1 × MH-60R Seahawk helicopter ; MQ-8C Firescout ;

USS Congress (FFG-63) will be the second ship of the Constellation class of guided-missile frigates ^[1] and the seventh ship in the United States Navy bearing this name. ^[2]^[3] She is named in honor of the first USS Congress , one of the original six frigates of the United States Navy , and her name was among ten names submitted to President George Washington by Secretary of War Timothy Pickering in March 1795 for the frigates that were to be constructed. ^[4]^[5]^[6]

References [ edit ]

^ ^a ^b "Congress (FFG-63)" . Naval Vessel Register . Retrieved 4 December 2020 .
^ Ziezulewicz, Geoff (2 December 2020). "Navy bringing back US Atlantic Fleet" . Navy Times . Retrieved 4 December 2020 .
^ Trevithick, Joseph (2 December 2020). "Navy Boss Tells Congress That A New Frigate Will Be Named USS Congress. No, Really" . The War Zone . The Drive . Retrieved 4 December 2020 .
^ "SECNAV Names Future Guided Missile Frigate USS Congress" (Press release). United States Navy. 4 December 2020 . Retrieved 4 December 2020 .
^ Brodine, Charles E.; Crawford, Michael J.; Hughes, Christine F. (2007). Ironsides! the Ship, the Men and the Wars of the USS Constitution . Fireship Press. p. 8. ISBN 978-1934757147 .
^ Pickering, Timothy (14 March 1795). "Letter to George Washington" . Founders Online . National Archives . Retrieved 4 December 2020 .

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[NVR-1] "Congress (FFG-63)" . Naval Vessel Register . Retrieved 4 December 2020 .

[2] Ziezulewicz, Geoff (2 December 2020). "Navy bringing back US Atlantic Fleet" . Navy Times . Retrieved 4 December 2020 .

[3] Trevithick, Joseph (2 December 2020). "Navy Boss Tells Congress That A New Frigate Will Be Named USS Congress. No, Really" . The War Zone . The Drive . Retrieved 4 December 2020 .

[4] "SECNAV Names Future Guided Missile Frigate USS Congress" (Press release). United States Navy. 4 December 2020 . Retrieved 4 December 2020 .

[5] Brodine, Charles E.; Crawford, Michael J.; Hughes, Christine F. (2007). Ironsides! the Ship, the Men and the Wars of the USS Constitution . Fireship Press. p. 8. ISBN 978-1934757147 .

[6] Pickering, Timothy (14 March 1795). "Letter to George Washington" . Founders Online . National Archives . Retrieved 4 December 2020 .

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v t e Constellation -class frigates
Constellation Congress Chesapeake Lafayette Hamilton
Preceded by: Oliver Hazard Perry class Followed by: None
List of frigates of the United States Navy