_Congress_, American frigate, built, i. 312; opens fire on the ironclad _Merrimac_ in Hampton Roads, iv. 200; grounded, 207; two Confederate gun-boats open fire on her, _ib._; Lieutenant Pendergrast surrendered her to the _Merrimac_, 208; hot shot fired at her by the _Merrimac_, 209; her magazine explodes, 215. Connecticut troops desert, i. 30. Conner, Commodore David, lands a force at Point Isabel, iii. 409; his fleet not fitted for shallow waters, 410; his conduct of the seige of Vera Cruz, 418. Connyngham, Captain Gustavus, i. 123; captures prizes on the French coast, 124; commission taken from him, 125; takes command of the _Revenge_, 126; his ship injured, 127; refits in English port, 128; gets provisions in an Irish port, _ib._; sails for America, _ib._; denounced as a pirate, 129; cruel treatment of, in English prison, _ib._ _Constellation_, American frigate, built, i. 312; Captain Thomas Truxton commands, 316, 319; battle with French frigate _Insurgent_, 320; discipline on board of, 322, 323; battle with French frigate _Vengeance_, 323–325; Captain Charles Gordon appointed to command in Decatur’s fleet, iii. 343. _Constitution_, United States frigate, built, i. 312; flagship in the attack on Tripoli, 367; called a “pine box” by Englishmen, 380; Captain Isaac Hull disputes with the Captain of the British warship _Havana_, ii. 13, 14; is chased by two frigates, _ib._; ship prepares for action, _ib._; frigates retreat, 16; her escape from a British squadron, 53–69; “a bunch of pine boards,” 73; fight with _Guerrière_, 76–95; comparative strength of the two ships, 96; return to Boston, 101; cruising off Brazil, 152; falls in with the _Java_, 153, 155–173; attempt of the _Java_ to board, 158; the London _Times_ on the victory, 176; Lawrence applies for the command of, 197; laid up at Boston, iii. 241; goes to sea again, 242; captures the war-schooner _Picton_, _ib._; falls in with the British frigate _La Pique_, _ib._; the British ship runs away, 243; is chased by the _Junon_ and _Tenedos_, 244; returns to Boston, 245; captures the _Lord Nelson_, _ib._; chases the _Elizabeth_ and captures the _Susan_, _ib._; is chased by the _Elizabeth_ and _Tiber_, 246; fight with the _Cyane_ and _Levant_, 247–256; sails to Porto Praya, 260; attacked by three British frigates, 261; her fighting days over, 268; plan of, iv. 537. Continental Congress, effect on the, of the British vengeance on Portland, i. 26. Continental Naval Board, i. 158. Contraband trade in the Civil War, iv. 48–52. Cooke, Captain. See _Albemarle_. _Coquette_, American merchant schooner, plundered by the Porto Rico privateer _Palmira_, iii. 332.