Black Seas: USS ConstitutionUSS Constitution was one of six Heavy Frigates commissioned by the United States Congress in 1794 to protect American shipping against Barbary Pirates in the Mediterranean. These frigates were designed to outmatch the frigates of any other nation while remaining nimble enough to slip away from larger ships of the line. These six frigates (Chesapeake, Constitution, President, United States, Congress, and Constellation. Chesapeake, Constitution,