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...
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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...
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42°22′26″N 71°3′19″W / 42.37389°N 71.05528°W / 42.37389; -71.05528 The USS Constitution Museum is located in the Charlestown Navy Yard, which is part of the...
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recommissioned her as HMS Guerriere. She is most famous for her fight against USS Constitution. Her career with the French included a sortie with Duguay-Trouin in...
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commissioned vessel in the United States Navy after the wooden-hulled USS Constitution and USS Pueblo. She was inactivated on 1 December 2012, and officially...
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HMS Java (1811) (section Capture by USS Constitution)
single-ship action against USS Constitution. Java had a complement of about 277, but during her engagement with Constitution she allegedly had 426 aboard...
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enough to evade any ship of the line. One of these original six, the USS Constitution, is still in commission and is the world's oldest commissioned naval...
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passenger ship, commissioned in 1951 USS Constitution, the oldest commissioned warship afloat in the world USS Constitution (CC-5), a battlecruiser canceled...
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Lexington-class battlecruiser (redirect from USS Constitution (CC-5))
scrapped in place. Due to the planned re-use of the name, USS Constitution was renamed Old Constitution from 1 December 1917 until the name was returned on...
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Library, 10 museums and 1 heritage center, USS Constitution repair facility and detachment, and historic ship ex-USS Nautilus. The Naval History and Heritage...
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engagements include USS Constitution vs HMS Guerriere on 19 August 1812, USS United States vs HMS Macedonian on 25 October, USS Constitution vs HMS Java on...
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Holmes Sr. on September 16, 1830, as a tribute to the 18th-century USS Constitution. The poem was one reason that the frigate was saved from being decommissioned...
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here), as a special commemoration for that ship alone. Note A Both USS Constitution and USS Pueblo are commissioned vessels, but are not considered part of...
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warship with the second-longest active status, after the sailing ship USS Constitution (Enterprise passed her in 2012; these two aircraft carriers were two...
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1797, the first three were brought into service: USS United States, USS Constellation, and USS Constitution. Due to his strong posture on having a strong...
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engage the large American frigates at any less than a 2:1 advantage. USS Constitution, preserved as a museum ship by the US Navy, is the oldest commissioned...
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ship, berthed at Boston Navy Yard in Massachusetts, across from the USS Constitution. She was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1986 as one of...
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Billie J. Farrell (category Commanders of the USS Constitution)
as the executive officer of USS Vicksburg (CG-69), on 21 January 2022, Commander Farrell was assigned to USS Constitution for a two-year assignment as...
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Charles Wilkes during the Wilkes Expedition of 1838-1842 for the USS Constitution. "Constitution Reset". NGS Data Sheet. National Geodetic Survey, National...
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often come into contact with freshly painted surfaces. An anchor, USS Constitution, and eagle (ACE) emblem is embroidered on the left breast pocket on...
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the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps in a ceremony aboard the USS Constitution. She served tours at U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/U.S. 5th Fleet...
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William Bainbridge (category Commanders of the USS Constitution)
naval ships, including USS Constitution, and saw service in the Barbary Wars and the War of 1812. Bainbridge was also in command of USS Philadelphia when she...
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Later that year in August, the model of the USS Somers experiment was resurrected when USS Constitution, then 60 years old, was recommissioned as a school...
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www.navsea.navy.mil. Museum, USS Constitution (May 11, 2015). "The "Wooden Walls" of USS Constitution". USS Constitution Museum. Retrieved April 25, 2024...
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Upon entering the museum, visitors can see the fighting top from USS Constitution, as well as a statue of Boatswain's Mate Charles W. Riggin, made from...
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Wars, was a response to the American spar-decked frigates, like USS Constitution and USS President. Ordered alongside Newcastle was the similar 50-gun HMS Leander...
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the oldest active duty ship in the US Navy behind USS Constitution. Upon Denver's decommissioning, USS Blue Ridge became the Navy's second oldest ship....
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Stephen Decatur (category Commanders of the USS Constitution)
three ships nearest to completion at the time: USS United States, USS Constellation and USS Constitution. In 1798, John Barry obtained Decatur's appointment...
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Isaac Hull (category Commanders of the USS Constitution)
States Navy. He commanded several famous U.S. naval warships including USS Constitution ("Old Ironsides") and saw service in the undeclared naval Quasi War...
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honor of Commodore William Bainbridge, who as commander of the frigate USS Constitution distinguished himself in the War of 1812 when he and his crew captured...
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