CHARLESTOWN (CBS) — The U.S. Navy's oldest commissioned warship sailed under its own power Sunday for just the second time 131 years to commemorate the battle that won it the nickname "Old ...

USS Constitution was one of six frigates authorized for construction ... her first service patrolling the southeast coast of the United States during the Quasi-War with France.

The mighty USS Constitution ... Oct. 21, 1797. The mighty warship, today 227 years old, is still afloat in Boston's Charlestown Navy Yard. She serves the United States as a reminder of the ...

The title falls to the wooden frigate Constitution, as the USS Simpson ... Constitution was launched in 1797 and saw action in the First Barbary War, when the United States went to war against ...

The USS Constitution is a triple-masted wooden heavy frigate, and it's the oldest ... were the dominant naval power in the world. The United States Navy was new, untested, and woefully ill ...

The first USS Iowa battleship ... 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.

The USS Essex, built in 1799 and commanded by Capt. David Porter Jr., was the smallest frigate in the US Navy ... were paroled and sent back to the United States on a previously captured ship.