USS Constitution was one of six frigates authorized for construction by an act of Congress in 1794. Joshua Humphreys designed them to be the Navy's capital ships. Larger and more heavily armed ...

A celebration will be held at the USS Constitution Museum. The wooden ship was launched in 1797 and earned its famous nickname notching victories in the War of 1812. "The ship has been the ...

Shortly after the adoption of the U.S. Constitution, the U.S. Navy was founded. At about the same time, the construction of naval ships commenced, including the USS Constitution, which still ...

A celebration was held at the USS Constitution Museum. The wooden ship was launched in 1797 and earned its famous nickname notching victories in the War of 1812."The ship has been the cornerstone ...

A ship without sails is common for the modern Navy, but for USS Constitution, the sheets of advanced polyester designed to look like flax cloth are a crucial part of the 226-year-old frigate’s ...

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 ship is now certified to join the naval fleet and serve in active duty. She sat beside the USS Constitution - the oldest commissioned naval warship on the water - while Governor Maura Healey ...

The USS Constitution was part of the American fleet that bombarded Tripoli in 1804, a powerful show of force on the global stage of the young nation's naval power. The ship was ordered on March 1 ...

Lindsay Shachnow The Navy’s newest ship is set to be commissioned on Saturday right beside its oldest — the USS Constitution. “You have the Navy’s oldest commissioned ship, the Navy’s ...

Earlier this month, sailors aboard the USS Constitution conducted a climbing evolution, heading up into the rigging and sails of a ship that was commissioned all the way back in the 18th century.

Spaces on the ship were made available to the public by lottery earlier this year and are all reserved now, but landlubbers can enjoy themselves at a block party hosted by the USS Constitution ...