{"id":2565,"slug":"uss-constellation-baltimore-maryland","story":[{"heading":null,"paragraphs":["Constellation is the argued — the '1797' that's the claimed birth, the '1854' that's the laser's proof. The 'name carried' is the passed — the 'frigate scrapped' that's the first's end, the 'sloop built' that's the second's form. The 'slave hunters' is the chased — the 'Africa Squadron' that's the mission's name, the 'ships caught' that's the work's toll.","The 'last sail' is the marked — the 'all sail' that's the design's end, the 'steam next' that's the era's turn. The 'coins sealed' is the dated — the '1997' that's the hull's read, the '1854 half' that's the proof's piece. Constellation is the kept — the 'museum' that's the ship's now, the 'debate settled' that's the truth's win.","The file keeps Constellation: the argued birth, the carried name, the chased slavers, and the sealed coins.","USS Constellation is the archive's Maryland file — the ship that proved its own age wrong."]},{"heading":"Why this file matters","paragraphs":["USS Constellation is the archive's Maryland file — the ship that argued about itself.","A hull keeps its rings — the file's suggestion being that Constellation's hold is the proven: the 'laser read' that's the '97 truth, the 'name passed' that's the identity's keep, and the 'last sail' that's the era's mark."]}],"name":"USS Constellation","aliases":[],"type":"SHIP","type_label":"Ship","cats":["DARK_HISTORY","LOCAL_FOLKLORE","HAUNTED_PLACE","MARITIME"],"groups":["dark-history","hauntings","legends","maritime"],"desc":"The 1854 sloop-of-war at the Inner Harbor—the last Civil War-era warship.","full_desc":"A ship in Baltimore, Maryland, USS Constellation is filed here for what the record attaches to it. The 1854 sloop-of-war at the Inner Harbor—the last Civil War-era warship. The archive files it under maritime history, local folklore and haunted places. The dossier holds 1 reported claim, 1 legend and 1 documented fact, with the verified spine filed separately from the lore. It operates as a museum open to visitors.","address":null,"city":"Baltimore","county":null,"state":"Maryland","postal":null,"region":"South","lat":39.300032,"lon":-76.610476,"coord_kind":"CITY","status":"MUSEUM","access":"PUBLIC","access_notes":null,"ownership":null,"website":null,"phone":null,"year_built":null,"year_opened":null,"year_closed":null,"year_demolished":null,"designation":null,"current_use":"Museum ship/memorial","research_notes":"Ships batch; VERIFY task auto-queued.","stage":"SOURCE_RESEARCH","quality":{"level":"MEDIUM","score":59.4,"dims":{"location_confidence":0.75,"identity_confidence":0.65,"historical_confidence":0.8,"source_quality":0.3999999999999999,"paranormal_claim_provenance":0.8,"coordinate_confidence":0,"current_access_confidence":0.7,"freshness":0.65}},"claims":[{"id":2061,"type":"APPARITION","description":"Reported figures on the gun deck. Crews leave marks on vessels long after they muster out, and USS Constellation in Baltimore, Maryland had crews enough. Local lore carries the account; no documentation has ever caught up with it. 'USS Constellation' carries the account. The apparition is the file's anchor — every other report orbits it.","evidence":"LOCAL_FOLKLORE","evidence_label":"Local folklore","entity":null,"where":null,"first_report":null,"approx_date":null,"confidence":0.8,"conflict_notes":null,"source":{"name":"USS Constellation","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Constellation_(1854)","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4},"conflicting_source":null,"variants":[]}],"history":[{"description":"Launched 1854; a National Historic Landmark. USS Constellation's history is documented — launches, crews, and losses all on record before the lore begins. The fact is historically verified — the part of the file that doesn't need hedging. 'USS Constellation' documents the entry. It is the kind of fact the rest of the dossier leans on.","evidence":"HISTORICALLY_VERIFIED","date_start":"1854","date_end":null,"confidence":null,"source":{"name":"USS Constellation","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Constellation_(1854)","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}}],"legends":[{"name":null,"summary":"Reported figures on the gun deck. The vessel's reports concentrate where the work was hardest — ships and lights keep their own roll call. Local lore carries the account; no documentation has ever caught up with it. As folklore it's unkillable: the story is too good, and the place too fitting, to let go.","earliest":null,"evidence":"LOCAL_FOLKLORE","source":{"name":"USS Constellation","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Constellation_(1854)","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}}],"entities":[],"events":[],"investigations":[],"encounters":[],"media":[],"persons":[],"visitor":{"tour_availability":"Verify before visiting","notes":"Site access varies; verify before visiting.","last_verified_at":"2026-09-18 11:32:55","source":{"name":"HauntHunt generic access guidance","url":"https://haunthunt.com/about#access-guidance","publisher":"HauntHunt editorial","type":"DIRECTORY","authority":2}},"sources":[{"name":"USS Constellation","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Constellation_(1854)","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}],"conflicts":[],"wiki":null,"counts":{"claims":1,"history":1,"legends":1,"entities":0,"sources":1}}