The USS Constitution was built with a lengthwise truss system to prevent "hogging", and at some unknown point in the past, some flagrant idiot had it all cut out. In one of the recent-years refits, this missing component was rediscovered somehow, restored, and it so stiffened the hull that it's again possible for it to go out under sail. Shame, it never will.
According to my reading those ships with lengths nearing and over 300 feet had a lot of problems with the hull planks working and leaking resulting in the need for constant pumping. A lot more than the usual large wooden ship experienced. A couple simply broke apart in heavy weather.