USS Trumbull (1800)

The USS Trumbull (1800) was a United States Navy frigate authorized by Congress in 1799. She was one of six frigates ordered as part of an effort to bolster the nascent U.S. Navy in response to the Quasi-War with France. Designed by Josiah Fox, she was a sister ship to the President, Philadelphia, Congress, Chesapeake, and New York. Her namesake was Jonathan Trumbull, Sr., the colonial governor of Connecticut during the American Revolutionary War.

Construction of the Trumbull took place in Middletown, Connecticut, and was overseen by Captain David Jewett. However, due to the end of the Quasi-War with the Treaty of Mortefontaine in 1800, her construction was halted, and she was never completed or commissioned into active service. The partially built hull remained on the stocks for several years before ultimately being sold and broken up. As a result, she had no operational history. While the other five frigates authorized at the same time went on to notable careers, the Trumbull represents a chapter of unrealized potential in the early history of the U.S. Navy.