How the U.S. Navy Broke a Perfectly Good Frigate General Leave a Comment on How the U.S. Navy Broke a Perfectly Good Frigate The U.S. Navy just cancelled most of the Constellation-class frigate program… a ship that was supposed to be “low-risk,” “off-the-shelf,” and based on a proven Italian design. So how did we mess this up so badly? (Visited 4 times, 1 visits today)