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{{Short description|Future guided-missile frigate for the U.S. Navy}}
{{other ships|USS Congress}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}
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| Ship image = U.S. Navy guided-missile frigate FFG(X) artist rendering, 30 April 2020 (200430-N-NO101-150).JPG
| Ship caption = Artist rendering of the final {{sclass|Constellation|frigate|0}} design
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{{Infobox ship career
| Ship country = {{nowrap|United States}}
| Ship flag = {{USN flag}}
| Ship name = ''Congress''
| Ship namesake = {{USS|Congress|1799|6}}
| Ship awarded = 20 May 2021<ref name="NVR" />
| Ship builder = [[Fincantieri Marinette Marine]], [[Marinette, Wisconsin]]
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| Ship status = Ordered
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| Ship identification = [[Hull number]]: FFG-63
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| Ship speed = in excess of {{convert|26|kn|abbr=on}}
| Ship class = {{sclass|Constellation|frigate}}
| Ship displacement = {{convert|7400|ST|t|lk=on}}
| Ship length = {{convert|496|ft|m|2|abbr=on}}
| Ship beam = {{convert|65|ft|m|2|abbr=on}}
| Ship draft = {{convert|26|ft|m|2|abbr=on}}
| Ship propulsion = [[Combined diesel-electric and gas|CODLAG]]
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| Ship complement = 140 crew
| Ship range = {{convert|6000|nmi|lk=in|abbr=on}} at {{convert|16|kn|abbr=on}} (electric drive)
| Ship capacity = 200 accommodations
| Ship sensors = * COMBATSS-21 Combat Management System ([[Aegis Combat System|AEGIS]] derivative)
* [[AN/SPY-6]](V)3 Enterprise Air Surveillance Radar (EASR)
* AN/SPS-73(V)18 - Next Generation Surface Search Radar
* AN/SLQ-61 light weight [[Sonar#Anti-submarine warfare|towed array sonar]]
* AN/SQS-62 [[Sonar#Anti-submarine warfare|Variable-Depth]] Sonar
* AN/SQQ-89F undersea warfare/anti-submarine warfare combat system
* [[Cooperative Engagement Capability]]
| Ship electronic warfare & decoys = * [[AN/SLQ-32 Electronic Warfare Suite#Future|SLQ-32(V)6 Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program (SEWIP) Block 2]] 
* [[Nulka|Mk53 Nulka]] decoy launching system
| Ship armament = * 32 [[Mark 41 Vertical Launching System|Mark 41 VLS]] cells with:
* Possibly [[RIM-162 ESSM]] Block 2 and/or [[RIM-174 Standard ERAM]] missiles
* Planned [[RIM-66 Standard]] SM-2 Block 3C
* 8 × or 16 × canister launched [[Anti-ship missile|Over-the-horizon Anti-Ship Weapon]]s (likely [[Naval Strike Missile]])
* [[RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile]] launched from Mk 49 Guided Missile Launching System (21 cell)
* [[Bofors 57 mm L/70 naval artillery gun|Mk 110 57mm gun]] with the  Advanced Low Cost Munition Ordnance (ALaMO) projectile and related systems.
* Various machine guns [[M240]] or [[M2 Browning|M2]]
| Ship boats = * 2 × [[rigid-hulled inflatable boat]]s
| Ship aircraft = * 1 × [[MH-60R Seahawk]] helicopter
* [[Northrop Grumman MQ-8C Fire Scout|MQ-8C Firescout]]
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'''USS ''Congress'' (FFG-63)''' will be the second ship of the {{sclass|Constellation|frigate|4}} of guided-missile [[frigate]]s<ref name="NVR">{{cite web|url={{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=FFG63}}|title=Congress (FFG-63)|publisher=Naval Vessel Register|access-date=4 December 2020}}</ref> and the seventh ship in the [[United States Navy]] bearing this name.<ref>{{cite news|last=Ziezulewicz|first=Geoff|title=Navy bringing back US Atlantic Fleet|url=https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2020/12/02/navy-bringing-back-us-atlantic-fleet/|publisher=Navy Times|date=2 December 2020|access-date=4 December 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Trevithick|first=Joseph|title=Navy Boss Tells Congress That A New Frigate Will Be Named USS Congress. No, Really.|url=https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/37918/navy-boss-tells-congress-that-a-new-frigate-will-be-named-uss-congress-no-really|work=The War Zone|publisher=The Drive|date=2 December 2020|access-date=4 December 2020}}</ref> She is named in honor of the first [[USS Congress (1799)|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.<ref>{{cite press release|title=SECNAV Names Future Guided Missile Frigate USS Congress|url=https://www.navy.mil/Press-Office/Press-Releases/display-pressreleases/Article/2435589/secnav-names-future-guided-missile-frigate-uss-congress/|publisher=United States Navy|date=4 December 2020|access-date=4 December 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Brodine|first1=Charles E.|last2=Crawford|first2=Michael J.|last3=Hughes|first3=Christine F.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YcwsOf5Tw9IC&q=USS%20Constitution&pg=PA8|title=Ironsides! the Ship, the Men and the Wars of the USS Constitution|publisher=Fireship Press|year=2007|isbn=978-1934757147|pages=8|lang=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Pickering|first=Timothy|title=Letter to George Washington|url=https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-17-02-0439|publisher=National Archives|work=Founders Online|date=14 March 1795|access-date=4 December 2020}}</ref>

==References==
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*{{Naval Vessel Register|{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=FFG63}}}}

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