The exhibit traces the journey of the USS Constitution, known as "Old Ironsides," from the forest where her timber grew to her launch as a fully formed frigate. Built in 1797, the Constitution is ...

The USS Constitution is a triple-masted wooden heavy frigate, and it's the oldest commissioned warship still afloat. The ship first launched in 1797 as the first of six frigates commissioned for ...

The mighty USS Constitution, arguably the most famous ... was launched in Boston on this day in history, Oct. 21, 1797. The mighty warship, today 227 years old, is still afloat in Boston's ...

If it’s the 1797 frigate, he explained, it’s a sister to the USF Constitution ... s view of the frigate’s history. “The United States Navy has steadfastly maintained this is the one ...

UNITED STATES FRIGATE CONSTITUTION ... this time the Constitution had a crew of about twenty-five men, and seventy-six of the youngest class of midshipmen, on board. The ship drawing more water ...

Constitution was first launched in 1797 ... in preparation for the United States' centennial celebration. By this time, Constitution was the last of the original six frigates of the U.S. Navy.

On Oct. 21, 1797, the Navy frigate Constitution, better known as Old Ironsides, was launched in Boston Harbor. In 1805 a British fleet commanded by Adm. Horatio Nelson defeated a French-Spanish ...