| 1798–1800 |
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Quasi-War with France. Assisted American merchant ships to sea. Deployed to West Indies Squadron to protect American commerce, captured French frigate L'Insurgente. Took 2 other French prizes and recaptured 3 American merchant ships. |
| 1802–1805 |
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Barbary War. Assigned to Commodore Richard Morris' Squadron, blockading Tripoli. Cruised Mediterranean until 1804. Recalled 1805, in ordinary at Washington, D.C. |
| 1812–1815 |
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War of 1812. Patrolled area surrounding Hampton Roads, Virginia, especially Craney Island. Prevented British from destroying the fort. |
| 1815–1817 |
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Deployed to the Mediterranean under Commodore Stephen Decatur. Served under Decatur's replacements—William Bainbridge, Isaac Chauncey, John Shaw. Recalled to Hampton Roads, Virginia. |
| 1819–1820 |
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Assigned to Brazil Station, served as flagship for Commodore Charles Morris, protecting American trading. |
| 1820–1822 |
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Sailed to Pacific and attached to squadron of Commodore Charles Stewart, patrolled Peruvian coast in defense of American trading. |
| 1827–1829 |
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Flagship of West India Squadron, suppressing the slave trade. |
| 1829–1831 |
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Returned to Mediterranean. Delivered American Ministers to France and England. |
| 1832–1834 |
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Deployed to the Mediterranean. |
| 1835–1838 |
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Assigned to Gulf of Mexico, dealing with Seminole (Indian tribe) uprising. Cruised with East India Squadron until recalled in 1838. |
| 1840–1845 |
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Toured around the World. Flagship of East India Squadron where her mission was to "safeguard American lives and property against loss in the Opium War." Visited Hawaiian Islands. |
| 1845 |
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In ordinary at Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia. |
| 1854 |
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Constellation found to need extensive repair. In 1854–1855 the original 1797 Constellation was broken up at Gosport, Virginia. A new corvette was constructed using some of the timbers for Constellation. This vessel was commissioned in 1854 with the name USS Constellation. It is the 1854 vessel that can be visited today in Baltimore. |
