USS Congress was a 28-gun frigate of the Continental Navy that was scheduled to participate in the American Revolutionary War against the British.

However, while being outfitted prior to her first sailing, the British approached and the Americans set her afire in order to prevent her capture.

Before her outfitting was completed, the British occupied the approaches to the Hudson River and extended their control of the environs throughout 1777.

The infant Continental Navy suffered the destruction of Congress in October 1777 to prevent her seizure by the enemy.

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.