This model of the USS Congress was built as a frigate in the American Navy. She was 179 Ft long and 46 ft beam. She had 4 × 8 in guns and 48 × 32 pdr guns. She wassail only powered
USS Congress was a Union frigate. 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 the Battle of Hampton Roads, Virginia, in 1862