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Old Ironsides: see Constitution Constitution, U.S. 44-gun frigate, nicknamed Old Ironsides. It is perhaps the most famous vessel in the history of the U.S. navy. Authorized by Congress in 1794, the ship was launched in 1797 and was commissioned and put to sea in 1798 in the undeclared naval ..... Click the link for more information. , ship. Constitution, USSknown as Old IronsidesOne of the first frigates built for the U.S. Navy. Launched in 1797, it was 204 ft (62 m) long and usually carried more than 50 guns and a crew of over 450. It was the successful flagship of the Tripolitan War (1801–05), and in the War of 1812 it vanquished the British frigate Guerrière; tradition holds that it was nicknamed by sailors who saw the British shot failing to penetrate its oak sides. It was condemned as unseaworthy in 1828, but Oliver Wendell Holmes's poem “Old Ironsides” sparked a public preservation campaign. Restored in 1927–31, it is now berthed in Boston and open to the public. Old Ironsides the frigate Constitution, symbol of U.S. success in War of 1812, now preserved as a museum. [Am. Hist.: Benét, 733] See : America How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Stay at one of the many fine hotels that ring Boston Common, a sort of Hyde Park in miniature right in the center of the city, and on your first day treat yourself to an Old Town Trolley Tour which gives a great perspective of the city, taking in Harvard (in the suburb of Cambridge across the Charles River), Charlestown with the Bunker Hill Monument and the USS Constitution, and the waterfront area including the Faneuil Hall Marketplace. Many new oak timbers will be installed in the USS Constitution in Boston Harbor as the result of an unusual shipment arranged by the Military Traffic Management Command. A young sailor aboard the USS Constitution on duty in the Persian Gulf a few months ago sat in the ship's safety office one day getting ready to tear open a care package that had just arrived from Palmdale. |
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