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USS Constitution, also known as Old Ironsides, is a three-masted wooden-hulled heavy frigate of the United States Navy. The ship is the world's oldest commissioned naval warship still afloat. [11] [Note 1] The ship was launched in 1797, one of six original frigates authorized for construction by the Naval Act of 1794 and the third constructed.
The fully commissioned USS Constitution and the museum ship USS Cassin Young (DD-793) are tied up at Pier 1 and open to the public. [13] The Navy Yard also hosts the USS Constitution Museum. Dry Dock No. 1 is still used for ship maintenance for Constitution and Cassin Young. [14] In May 2015, Constitution entered the dry dock for three years of ...
USS Constitution, the last of the original six frigates of the United States Navy still in commission Class overview Operators United States Navy Built 1794–1800 In service 1794–1881 In commission 1797–present Planned 6 Completed 6 Active 1 Lost 2 Retired 3 General characteristics (Constitution, President, United States) Class and type 44-gun frigate Tonnage 1,576 Displacement 2,200 tons ...
The USS Constitution Museum is located in the Charlestown Navy Yard, which is part of the Boston National Historical Park in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. The museum is situated near the ship USS Constitution at the end of Boston's Freedom Trail. The museum is housed in a restored shipyard building at the foot of Pier 2.
Constitution firing a 17-gun salute in 2014 near the U.S. Coast Guard Base, Boston, during the ship's "Independence Day underway" demonstration in Boston Harbor Claghorn's announcement of the launching USS Constitution defeats HMS Guerriere ("Warrior") during the War of 1812, which earned the ship the nickname "Old Ironsides".
Edmund Hartt (1744-1824) [1] was a master carpenter and owned the shipyard in Boston, Massachusetts where USS Constitution was constructed in 1797. [2] The shipyard was located in the North End of Boston, near the location of the present Coast Guard base. [3] He also built USS Boston (1799), USS Argus (1803), and USS Independence (1814).
List of maritime museums in the United States is a sortable list of American museums which display objects related to ships and water travel. Many of these maritime museums have museum ships in their collections. Member museums of the Council of American Maritime Museums (CAMM) are indicated in the last column.
USS Constitution vs HMS Guerriere was a battle between an American and British ship during the War of 1812, about 400 miles (640 km) southeast of Halifax, Nova Scotia.It took place on the 19th of August 1812, one month after the war's first engagement between British and American forces.