Billing Boats BB508 1:100 USS Constitution -Wooden hull Kit 439902Billing Boats USS Constitution 1: 100 scale model ship kit BB508 USS Constitution is a wooden hulled, three masted heavy frigate of the United States Navy. Named by President George Washington after the Constitution of the United States of America, she is the worlds oldest floating commissioned naval vessel.[Note 1] Launched in 1797, Constitution was one of six original frigates authorized for construction by the Naval Act of 1794. Joshua Humphreys