A ‘Magnificent’ Frigate’s Fighting Finale

“A magnificent ship for her period,” the noted naval strategist and historian Rear Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan would write of the Congress , some years after serving on board the frigate in the Civil War. “The adjective is not too strong,” he continued. “Her spars, both masts and yards, lofty and yet square, were as true to proportion, for perfection of appearance, as was her hull.”

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