Old Ironsides no doubt was skillfully captained and manned during those battles with the British navy, but it also was a lucky ship.
Known to sister ships as "
Old Ironsides," USS United States, USS Constellation, USS Chesapeake, USS Congress, and USS President were a direct response to the Naval Act of 1794.
Thus the legend of
Old Ironsides continued with one victory after another, sinking or destroying attacking warships that crossed her path.
(10) "
Old Ironsides" circumnavigated the world between
Since re-forming from the wreckage of the
old Ironsides' bankruptcy in 1989, regaining football league status for what Beadle describes as a 'football city' was always the ultimate aim.
"
Old Ironsides" was a founding "member" of the US Navy, and built to outfight any other warship.
Constitution, constructed from live oak timbers, made a name for itself during the War of 1812 when British cannonballs bounced off its sides, earning it the nickname "
Old Ironsides." The trees also provided natural "knees," joining the ship's hull to its decking.
Old Ironsides: The Military Biography of Oliver Cromwell.
Constitution, America's oldest Navy ship affectionately called "
Old Ironsides." Nearly 55 tons of fiber was needed for the lines and rigging on that vessel alone.
Did you know that the Declaration of Independence was drafted on paper made of 100 percent, pure dee hemp, that "
Old Ironsides" was powered by hemp-cloth sails, and that both George Washington and Thomas Jefferson cultivated the stufff Jefferson even wrote that "hemp is of first necessity ...
It earned the nickname
Old Ironsides in the War of 1812 because cannon shots bounced harmlessly off the hull.
Our classroom and lab were in an old warehouse down in the dock area, near where
Old Ironsides was moored.