This is a list of sailing frigates of the United States Navy. Frigates were the backbone of the early Navy, although the list shows that many suffered unfortunate fates.

  • Adams 1799-1814
  • Alliance 1778-1785
  • Bonhomme Richard 1779
  • Boston (2nd) 1777-1780
  • Boston (3rd) 1799-1814
  • Bourbon 1783, never completed
  • Brandywine 1825-1864
  • Chesapeake 1800-1813, captured by British
  • Columbia 1836-1861
  • Confederacy 1778-1781, captured by British
  • Congress (2nd) 1777, never completed
  • Congress (3rd) 1799-1834
  • Congress (4th) 1841-1862
  • Constellation 1797-1955 [sic]
  • Constitution 1797-present, Old Ironsides
  • Cumberland 1842-1862, sunk by CSS Virginia
  • Cyane 1815-1835, captured from British
  • Deane 1778-1783
  • Delaware 1776-1777, captured by British
  • Effingham 1777, never completed
  • Essex 1799-1814, captured by British
  • General Greene 1799-1814, burned
  • Guerriere 1814-1841
  • Hancock 1776-1777, captured by British
  • Hudson 1826-1844
  • Insurgent 1799-1800, lost at sea
  • John Adams 1799-1867
  • Philadelphia 1799-1804, captured by Tripoli
  • Potomac 1822-1877
  • President 1800-1815, captured by British
  • Raleigh 1776-1778, captured by British
  • Randolph 1776-1778, exploded in battle
  • Raritan 1843-1861
  • Sabine 1855-1883
  • St. Lawrence 1848-1875
  • United States 1797-1865
  • Virginia 1776-1778, captured by British