SECNAV Braithwaite Names First FFG(X) USS Constellation

USS Constellation (FFG-62). Fincantieri Image

BALTIMORE, Md. – The Navy will name the first of its new class of frigates USS Constellation (FFG-62), in a nod to one of the original six frigates the Navy bought to fight in the Revolutionary War.

Navy Secretary Kenneth Braithwaite announced today that the first FFG(X) guided-missile frigate would be named Constellation, making the announcement from the second ship to bear that name: USS Constellation, a sloop-of-war launched in 1854 and...

https://news.usni.org/2020/10/07/secnav-braithwaite-names-first-ffgx-uss-constellation

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