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.

Here, visitors can learn how the ship earned its nickname “Old Ironsides;” discover how "Old Ironsides" has remained undefeated since being launched in 1797; and see how sailors lived aboard USS CONSTITUTION.

2018年8月31日 · USS Constitution is the oldest commissioned warship in the world still afloat. Nicknamed “ Old Ironsides,” she is today berthed in Boston and is known as “America’s Ship of State.” Her story illuminates much about the U.S. Navy during the nation’s first 100 years.

2012年8月17日 · Now, two months later, Constitution and Guerriere, a French ship that had been captured by the Royal Navy in 1806, closed in on each other 400 miles off the coast of Nova Scotia....

2024年5月21日 · Here, visitors can learn how a wooden hull helped the ship earn the nickname “Old Ironsides;” discover how "Old Ironsides" has remained undefeated since being launched in 1797; find out how school children contributed pennies to help save "Old Ironsides;" and see how sailors ate a diet of hardtack and grog, and climbed masts 200 feet in the ...

2017年6月27日 · The unique construction techniques and materials used to build the USS Constitution made it a formidable and powerful ship that later earned the nickname “Old Ironsides” due to its impressively strong and durable hull.

2025年1月18日 · When in 1830 the ship was condemned as unseaworthy and recommended for breaking up, public sentiment was aroused by Oliver Wendell Holmes’s poem “ Old Ironsides.” The ship was preserved, its rebuilding was provided for in 1833, and in 1844 it began a circumnavigation of the globe.

2025年2月27日 · In the struggles against the Barbary Pirates and during the War of 1812, "Old Ironsides" captured 24 enemy vessels and never lost a battle. Today, the Constitution is in drydock, a living symbol of America's naval success.

2017年7月19日 · How did the Constitution get the nickname "Old Ironsides"? It was in the great naval battle where the Constitution captured the British ship Guerriere. A sailor on the Guerriere saw 18-pound British cannonballs bouncing right off the hull of the Constitution.

2023年10月17日 · The USS Constitution, fondly known as “Old Ironsides,” is an iconic warship commissioned by the U.S. Navy in 1797. Earning its nickname during the War of 1812 when cannonballs seemed to bounce off its sturdy hull, the ship …