Stockton and sailed for the Pacific Ocean in late October.

She was then placed in ordinary at Norfolk, Virginia in March.Ĭongress was recommissioned on September 15, 1845, as flagship of Commodore Robert F.

Congress remained active in the theatre until January 1845. His impetuosity resulted in a few months suspension, for Voorhees, but did little damage to his career. This overreaction damaged the US-Argentina relation and resulted in a court martial for Voorhees. On September 29, 1844, Voorhees captured an armed Argentine schooner that delivered a mail to the Argentine commanding officer. In December 1843, Voorhees joined Commodore Daniel Turner's Brazil Squadron blockading Montevideo in safeguarding U.S. Her first cruise, starting on July 15, took her to the Mediterranean for service with the Squadron of Commodores Charles W. She continued to operate as an American warship until the American Civil War, when she was sunk by the ironclad CSS Virginia in battle of Newport News, Virginia.Ĭongress was launched at the Portsmouth Navy Yard on Augand placed in commission under Captain Philip Voorhees on May 7, 1842. USS Congress-the fourth United States Navy ship to carry that name-was a sailing frigate, like her predecessor, USS Congress (1799).Ĭongress served in the Mediterranean, South Atlantic Ocean, and in the Pacific Ocean.

American civil war navy ships