[SkyPilot]

The Constitution was the inspiration in design and description for the Acheron in Master and Commander, Far Side of The World.

[tanknetter]

The Constitution was the inspiration in design and description for the Acheron in Master and Commander, Far Side of The World.

Yup, in the movie anyways, which was based on two of the Jack Aubrey books; "Master and Commander" and "Far Side of the World".

It would have just been bad form for a movie aimed significantly at American audiences to feature an Australian portraying an Englishman taking on and defeating an American frigate. So the two books were merged and the "Acheron" was explicitly described as a "Yankee 44 Gun frigate", IOW of the same design as United States, Constitution and President (Constellation and Congress were smaller) that was built for the French. There's one scene where one of the sailors, who saw "Acheron" being built, presents Aubrey with a hand-made model showing the ships' extremely close framing.