USS Congress (FFG-63) will be the second ship of the Constellation class of guided-missile frigates[1] and the seventh ship in the United States Navy bearing this name.[5][6] She is named in honor of the first USS Congress, one of the original six frigates of the United States Navy, and her name was among ten names submitted to President George Washington by Secretary of War Timothy Pickering in March 1795 for the frigates that were to be constructed.[7][8][9]
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| Name | Congress |
| Namesake | USS Congress |
| Awarded | 20 May 2021[1] |
| Builder | Fincantieri Marinette Marine, Marinette, Wisconsin |
| Identification | Hull number: FFG-63 |
| Status | Ordered |
| General characteristics |
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| Class & type | Constellation-class frigate |
| Displacement | 7,400 short tons (6,700 t) |
| Length | 496 ft (151.18 m) |
| Beam | 65 ft (19.81 m) |
| Draft | 26 ft (7.92 m) |
| Propulsion |
- CODLAG
- 1 × General Electric LM2500+G4 gas turbine[2]
- driving a Philadelphia Gear Gearbox system[3][4]
- 2 × electric propulsion motors: INDAR 2 x 3.4 MW
- 4 × ship service diesel generators Rolls-Royce MTU 20V 4000 M53B engine 3000 kW for a total output of 12 MW electrical ship power
- 2 x fixed-pitch propellers
- 1 × auxiliary propulsion unit Thrustmasters of Texas Hydrologic Retractable Thruster
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| Speed | in excess of 26 kn (48 km/h; 30 mph) |
| Range | 6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 16 kn (30 km/h; 18 mph) (electric drive) |
Boats & landing
craft carried | 2 × rigid-hulled inflatable boats |
| Capacity | 200 accommodations |
| Complement | 140 crew |
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