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  2. USS Constitution - Wikipedia

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    USS Constitution, also known as Old Ironsides, is a three-masted wooden-hulled heavy frigate of the United States Navy. She is the world's oldest commissioned naval warship still afloat. [11] [Note 1] She was launched in 1797, one of six original frigates authorized for construction by the Naval Act of 1794 and the third constructed.

  3. Wikipedia : Featured picture candidates/USS Constitution

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    A photo of USS Constitution, the oldest commissioned warship afloat, underway for the first time in over century. There are two seperate version presented here: the first is the one that currently appears in the article, and the second is the High Resolution version I uploaded for the FPC run.

  4. File:VonStetina-USSConstitution&HMSJava.jpg - Wikipedia

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    Bruce Von Stetina — "Another Victory for Old Ironsides" Battle between USS Constitution and HMS Java . Acquired permission from the artist to use a CC attribution license for small images from his website, with attribution to include reference to his website.

  5. Art, politics, and naval dominance: The unparalleled journey ...

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    Queen Elizabeth II is welcomed aboard the USS Constitution in Boston by U.S. Navy Secretary John Middendorf, center, and Cmdr. Tyrone Martin on July 11, 1976. Prince Philip is in the background ...

  6. Topsail - Wikipedia

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    USS Constitution sailing under (bow to stern) jibs, topsails, and spanker.. On a square rigged vessel, a topsail is a typically trapezoidal shaped sail rigged above the course sail and below the topgallant sail where carried, on any mast (i.e., a fully rigged ship would have a foremast topsail, a mainmast topsail, and a mizzen topsail).

  7. List of maritime museums in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Virginia: Portsmouth: Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Museum: Y Virginia: Quantico: National Museum of the Marine Corps: Archived 2006-05-02 at the Wayback Machine: Virginia: Reedville: Reedville Fisherman's Museum: Y Virginia: Virginia Beach: Virginia Beach Surf & Rescue Museum: Y Virginia: Yorktown: Waterman’s Museum: Washington: Aberdeen

  8. File:Honor Guard, USS Constitution.jpg - Wikipedia

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    Camera manufacturer: Canon: Camera model: Canon EOS 10D: Exposure time: 1/1,500 sec (0.00066666666666667) F-number: f/4: ISO speed rating: 200: Date and time of data generation

  9. List of museum ships of the United States military - Wikipedia

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    USS Constitution: United States Massachusetts: Boston: United States: 1797 Wooden: Frigate: U.S.S. Constitution Museum [19] USS Croaker: United States New York: Buffalo: United States: 1943 Gato class: Submarine: Buffalo and Erie County Naval and Military Park [20] Name Country Region City Nationality Launched Class Type Remarks Ref USS Dolphin ...