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01 Jan 1813-Arrived at Sao Salvador, Brazil. 1861-"A large number of midshipmen were granted leave to attend the ball on board.." 02 Jan 1800-Sailmaker Samuel Cavalier died of a bilious complaint and was buried at sea. 03 Jan 1813-Seaman Stephen Walsh died of wounds received in battle with HMS JAVA. 1845-Arrived at Quallah Battoo (Kuala Batu), Sumatra I. 1850-Three men flogged for unspecified offenses. 04 Jan 1807-Departed Algiers, Algeria. 1814-Seaman William Nine fell overboard and drowned. 1837-Arrived at Lisbon, Portugal. 1849-Eight men flogged, 1 for "letting a heaver fall out of the Top." 1932-Departed Key West, FL. 1933-Drydocked in Drydock #1 at Balboa, CZ. 05 Jan 1779-Stephen Decatur, Jr., Captain 1804, born in Sinepuxent, MD. 1804-Seaman Thomas Farrell died. 1813-Departed Sao Salvador, Brazil. 1824-Ordinary Seaman William Johnson died; buried ashore at Gibraltar. 1836-Departed Smyrna (Izmir), Turkey. 1838-One man given 24, another 18, and two 12 lashes each for intoxication; another received 24 for smuggling liquor; and yet another 24 for desertion. 1861-"The midshipmen of the CONSTITUTION gave a hop this evening. Very well attended by the ladies." 1933-Petty officer warned at mast for AWOL as were 3 petty officers and a Seaman for intoxication. Undocked from Drydock #1, Balboa, CZ. 06 Jan 1813-Seaman Reuben Sanderline died of wounds received in battle with HMS JAVA and was buried at sea. 1845-Departed Quallah Battoo (Kuala Batu), Sumatra I. Midshipman Lucius M. Mason died of dysentery and fever prior to sailing and was buried at sea with full military honors. 1854-Arrived at Porto Praya, Cape Verde Is. 1932-Arrived at Pensacola, FL. 07 Jan 1845-Arrived at Annalaboo, Sumatra I. A man given 6 lashes for disobeying a petty officer. 1846-Two men flogged for fighting. 1903-Owen William Huff, Captain 1945-7, born in Columbus, OH. 1933-Departed Balboa, Panama. 08 Jan 1845-Departed Annalaboo, Sumatra I. 1846-Gun crews experimented with flannel, felt, and rubber(!) powder cylinders. Felt slightly better than flannel; rubber stuck in bottom of bore. 1880-Departed Fort de France, Martinique I. 09 Jan 1800-One man flogged for neglect of duty and insolence. 1812-Departed Cherbourg, France. 1849-Four men flogged, 1 for "throwing soapsuds in the eyes of the Capt. of the Afterguard." 1878-Oscar C. Badger relieved Augustus Paul Cooke as Captain. 10 Jan 1822-Two men punished for drunkenness. 1880-Arrived at Frederickstadt, St. Croix I. 11 Jan 1751-Silas Talbot, Captain 1799-1801, born in Dighton, MA. 1800-Private Asa Haskins died "with a complication of the lungs" and was buried at sea. 1807-Arrived at Tunis, Tunisia. 1849-Eight men flogged for unspecified offenses. 1850-Eleven men flogged for unspecified offenses. 1851-Arrived at New York City. 1932-Proceeded from Pensacola, FL, to Mobile, AL. 1933-One Marine returned by San Diego Shore Patrol, drunk and obscene. 12 Jan 1846-Two men flogged for fighting and another for gambling. 1853-A Landsman deserter delivered to the ship by his mother. 1987-Owen William Huff, Captain 1945-7, died in Vista, CA. 13 Jan 1822-A child christened aboard: Constitution Jones Nelson. 1849-Two men flogged for unspecified offenses. 1855-Departed Funchal, Madeira I. 1877-Captain Henry A. Adams, Jr., recommissioned the ship at Philadelphia, PA. 1975-Harry St. John Butler, Senior Officer on Board 1934-5, died at Bethesda, MD. 14 Jan 1846-Arrived at Mazatlan, Mexico. 1850-Ten men flogged for unspecified offenses. 15 Jan 1811-Court martial of a man who had deserted for nearly a year awarded him 100 lashes and fined him apprehension costs. 1814-Quarter Gunner Thomas Coursey died of typhus and was buried at sea. 1854-Kroo crewmember John Grampus died in an accident ashore in Porto Praya, Cape Verde Is., and was buried there. 16 Jan 1799-Captured ex-British ship SPENCER, French prize. 1851-Captain Thomas Anderson Conover placed ship in ordinary at New York. 1879-Departed Le Havre, France. 1886-George W. Hayward, Officer in Charge 1869, died. 1917-George Dewey, Captain 1867-70, died in Washington, DC. 17 Jan 1815-Seaman William Herrington fell overboard from the fore chains while ship was in chase. Chase given over and man rescued. 1824-Seaman Elijah Armstrong died; buried ashore at Gibraltar. 18 Jan 1850-Two men flogged for unspecified offenses. 1855-Arrived at Tenerife, Canary Is. 1879-Arrived at Portsmouth, England. 1932-Departed Mobile, AL; 2 AWOL on sailing. 19 Jan 1799-Seaman Oliver Nester died of "nervous fever" and was buried at sea. 1812-Ordinary Seaman Elisha Pomeroy died and was buried at sea. 1816-Nathaniel Haraden, Officer in Charge 1802-3, died in Washington, DC. 1849-Nine men flogged, 1 for "smoking after 10 PM." Arrived at Tripoli, Libya. 1853-Departed Porto Praya, Cape Verde Is. 1855-Departed Tenerife, Canary Is. 1903-Eugene Carroll Burchett, Senior Officer on Board 1935-7, was born in Philadelphia, PA. 20 Jan 1932-Arrived at Baton Rouge, LA. Marine demoted for direct disobedience of order and insolence. 21 Jan 1804-Seaman John Sloane died. 1933-Arrived at San Diego, CA. 22 Jan 1849-Departed Tripoli, Libya. 1850-Four men flogged for unspecified offenses. 1854-Arrived at Sal Rei I. 23 Jan 1806-Arrived at Malta. 1826-George Campbell Read assumed command. 1854-Sailed from Sal Rei I. for Porto Grande, Cape Verde Is., carrying 20-21 survivors of the wrecked ship SYLPH. 1932-Man AWOL 5 days returned. 24 Jan 1799-Black Seaman Cornelius Howard, an original crewmember, died of a "putrid and nervous fever" and was buried at sea. Arrived Prince Rupert's Bay, Dominica I. 1813-Seaman John Cheever died of wounds received in battle with HMS JAVA and was buried at sea. 1849-Four men flogged for unspecified offenses. 1854-Arrived at Porto Grande, Cape Verde I. 1934-Mast gave a man a suspended summary court martial for public drunkenness. 25 Jan 1810-Ordinary Seaman John Christian died. 1849-One man flogged for an unspecified offense. 26 Jan 1812-Seaman Henry Brown was washed overboard and lost in a heavy gale. 1837-Departed Lisbon, Portgual. 1849-Six men flogged for unspecified offenses. 1850-Two men flogged for unspecified offenses. 1880-Departed Frederickstadt, St. Croix I. 1933-Mast gave a Seaman 3 weeks restriction for intoxication. 27 Jan 1849-Arrived at Malta. 1932-Proceeded from Baton Rouge to New Orleans, LA. 1952-Visited by Prince William of Sweden. 28 Jan 1806-Arrived at Syracuse, Sicily. 1822-A coffin is made for Charles Nelson, eldest son of 1 of the seamen. 1835-Arrived at Gibraltar. 1837-Arrived at Gibraltar. 1841-Departed Valparaiso, Chile. 1887-Philip Carrigan Johnson, Jr., Captain 1864-6, died in Portsmouth, NH. 29 Jan 1799-A man flogged for striking his superior. 1813-Lieutenant John C. Aylwin died of wound received in battle with HMS JAVA a month earlier and was buried at sea with full military honors. 1823-Seaman Joseph Henderson died; buried the next day. 1845-Peter Wolf, Captain of the Main Hold, died of dysentery and was buried at sea the next morning. 1911-Edmund O. Matthews, Captain 1866, died in Cambridge, MA. 30 Jan 1799-Six men made to run the gaunlet, punishment for theft. 1814-Boatswain's Mate Richard Ormerod seriously wounded in thigh when half-cocked pistol in his belt accidentally fired. 1822-Seaman Abraham Perry died. 1855-Arrived at Porto Grande, Cape Verde Is., and sailed again the same day. 1879-Departed Portsmouth, England. 31 Jan 1799-One man flogged for fighting; five others for "leaving the boat without leave." 1814-Seaman George Coomes fell and broke his knee. 1837-Departed Gibraltar. |