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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 Constitution is known as "Old Ironsides" for the way the cannonballs bounced off the hard oak planking. [ 1 ] This area was one of several St. Simons Island plantations owned by John Couper (father of James Hamilton Couper , see below) who lived at Cannon Point, St. Simons Island, and who donated his library of 20,000 volumes to the Library ...
All Hands On Deck – An all-ages interactive exhibit that explores the realities of life at sea during the War of 1812; Old Ironsides in War and Peace – A in-depth look at the ship's storied history, including how and why she was built, how she earned her fame during the War of 1812, and why she is preserved at the United States Navy's oldest commissioned warship
The USS Constitution saw action against the British during the War of 1812, receiving the nickname "Old Ironsides" due to the strength of its live oak construction. The need for wooden ship timber diminished with the advent of iron and steel warships.
The US Coast Guard has a base in Boston, [33] and the sail frigate USS Constitution ("Old Ironsides") is berthed at the former Charlestown Navy Yard, now part of the Boston National Historical Park. The park is also home to the USS Cassin Young, a World War II-era Fletcher-class destroyer and now a museum ship.
The famed Nao Trinidad has docked in New Bedford. Get ready to explore this floating museum. ... $5 for children 5 to 12 years old; $32 for a family (2 adults and up to 3 children); children under ...
Old Ironsides, by hip-hop duo Mars ILL; Old Ironsides, a 1926 film directed by James Cruze and starring Wallace Beery; Old Ironsides (locomotive), the first locomotive built by Matthias W. Baldwin "Old Ironsides" (poem), an 1830 poem written by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. as a tribute to the USS Constitution
One local lumber mill has been operating for more than 150 years.