Construction began in August on the first of the US Navy's Constellation-class frigates. It's the first new frigate since the last Oliver Hazard Perry-class ship was built in the late '80s.

THE PENTAGON – Fincantieri Marinette Marine will officially start building the first Constellation-class frigate at its yard in Marinette, Wis., today. The start of fabrication comes nearly two ...

On April 12, the Navy held a symbolic keel-laying ceremony for the U.S.S. Constellation—the lead ship of a new class that will bring frigate-class warships back to the U.S. Navy after the ...

(Cmdr. Nate Christensen/US Navy) ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. Navy’s first Constellation-class guided-missile frigate will arrive late amid workforce shortages, a program official said Thursday.

The Constellation-class frigate is part of that effort. However, the guided missile ship program has been presenting challenges and delays to the Navy. The Navy is modernizing its fleet to meet ...

The Navy has awarded a $537 million contract option to shipbuilder Fincantieri Marinette Marine for the third Constellation-class frigate, according to a Thursday Pentagon announcement.

A future constellation-class guided missile frigate (FFG 69) will be named USS Joy Bright Hancock, a tribute to one of the first female officers to serve in the U.S. Navy, according to a Navy news ...

NORFOLK, Va. — Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro this week announced that the sponsors of the future Constellation-class guided-missile frigate USS Congress-- the second in the class -- will ...

The size disparity, while varying a lot between the many different types of frigate and destroyer around the world, can be significant. The monstrous Zumwalt class of destroyers are 610 feet ...