_Colorado_, United States screw frigate, launched, iv. 15. _Columbia_, American frigate, attacks and bombards the Malay town of Quallah Battoo, iii. 375–379. _Columbia_, United States cruiser, iv. 534. Columbiad, description of, iv. 119. _Columbus_, successful cruise of Captain Whipple in the, i. 66. _Columbus_, American ship-of-the-line, sent to Japan, iii. 440. Columbus, Ky., Confederate position at, becomes untenable after surrender of Fort Henry, iv. 266. Columbus, on the Mississippi, Confederates evacuate, iv. 275. _Comet_, American privateer, ii. 252. Commander-in-chief of the Navy, title held by Commodore Hopkins only, i. 62. _Condor_, blockade-runner, wreck of, at Fort Fisher, iv. 511. _Conestoga_, merchant-vessel, purchased by Commander Rodgers, iv. 241; Captain Phelps appointed to command, 251. _Confederacy_, American frigate, i. 287. _Confederacy_, American packet, captured by the English, i. 298. _Confiance_, British frigate, iii. 142; flagship of Captain Downie in the battle of Lake Champlain, 153; disabled and surrendered to the _Saratoga_, 165. _Congress_, American galley, i. 89; Arnold’s, flagship, 99; covers retreat at Crown Point, 104; burned by Arnold, 105. _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.