OLD IRONSIDE - AN OVERVIEW

But one thirty day period later, she met with one of these once again -- the frigate Guerriere. The British ship fired the very first shot of the famous struggle; twenty minutes later, Guerriere was a dismasted hulk, so terribly broken that she wasn't really worth towing to port.For the reason that formation of the US Naval Academy in 1845, there w

As early as 1991, Commander David Cashman had recommended that Constitution should really sail to celebrate her 200th anniversary in 1997 in lieu of getting towed. The proposal was authorised, however it absolutely was thought to be a big enterprise because she had not sailed in about 100 several years.As Constitution settled in all over again for