USS Constellation in Baltimore Harbor, appearing as it would have in the 1850s. Originally thought to have been a rebuild of an 18th Century ship, recent investigations have found it not to be true, although the ship does have a few pieces from a previous ship that bore her name. Back to Table of Contents The Messenger November 2003 Back to The Messenger List of Issues Back to MagWeb Magazine List © Copyright 2003 by HMGS/PSW. This article appears in MagWeb.com (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other articles from military history and related magazines are available at http://www.magweb.com