| 1798–1801 |
|
Quasi-War with France. Delivered American Commissioners to negotiate settlement with France. Served as flagship of West Indies squadron, recalled after peace was signed. |
| 1801 |
|
Decommissioned and in ordinary at Washington Navy Yard. |
| 1812 |
|
War of 1812. Recommissioned and joined Commodore John Rogers' Squadron. Defeated HMS Macedonian 500 miles off the coast of Azores, under command of Captain Stephen Decatur. Macedonian repaired and served in the United States Navy. |
| 1813–1815 |
|
Blockaded at New London, Connecticut for duration of the war. |
| 1815–1819 |
|
Assigned to the Mediterranean Squadron. Decommissioned and in ordinary at Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia, 1819. |
| 1824–1827 |
|
Recommissioned and deployed to Pacific Squadron under Commodore Isaac Hull to protect American shipping. |
| 1828–1832 |
|
Repairs at Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania. In ordinary at Brooklyn Navy Yard, New York where she underwent modernization. |
| 1833–1841 |
|
Deployed to Mediterranean Squadron. Repairs at Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia, 1841. |
| 1842–1844 |
|
Designated flagship of Pacific Squadron. Decommissioned and in ordinary at Boston Navy Yard, Massachusettts, 1844. |
| 1846 |
|
Recommissioned and deployed to African Squadron (the west coast of Africa), suppressing the slave trade. |
| 1847–1848 |
|
Assigned to the Mediterranean Squadron. |
| 1849–1861 |
|
Decommissioned and in ordinary at Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia. United States rotted there until the outbreak of the Civil War. |
| 1861–1865 |
|
| On 20 April 1861 the Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia was captured by Confederate soldiers, and as Union troops hurried to leave, they did not think it important to destroy the rotting ship. The Confederate Navy, desperate for ships, repaired United States and commissioned her CSS United States, often referred to as CSS Confederated States. |
| |
| Outfitted as receiving ship and used for harbor defense, mounting 19 guns. |
| |
| In 1862 the Confederate Navy abandoned the Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia, and to prevent Union ships from regaining the yard, they sunk United States in the Elizabeth River, Virginia. |
| |
| The U.S. Government raised up United States in 1862 and towed her to Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia where she remained until 1864. |
| |
| On 18 December 1865 the Bureau of Construction and Repair ordered United States broken up and her timbers sold. |
|
