USS_Constitution
USS Constitution is a wooden-hulled, three-masted heavy frigate of the United States Navy, named by President George Washington after the Constitution of the United States of America. Constitution is the oldest commissioned warship afloat in the world. Constitution was launched in 1797, one of six original frigates authorized for construction by the Naval Act of 1794 and the third constructed. Joshua Humphreys designed the frigates to be the young Navy's capital ships, and so Constitution and her sisters were larger and more heavily armed and built than standard frigates of the period. Constitution was built in the North End of Boston, Massachusetts at Edmund Hartt's shipyard. Her first duties with the newly formed U.S. Navy were to provide protection for American merchant shipping during
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USS_Constitution
USS Constitution is a wooden-hulled, three-masted heavy frigate of the United States Navy, named by President George Washington after the Constitution of the United States of America. Constitution is the oldest commissioned warship afloat in the world. Constitution was launched in 1797, one of six original frigates authorized for construction by the Naval Act of 1794 and the third constructed. Joshua Humphreys designed the frigates to be the young Navy's capital ships, and so Constitution and her sisters were larger and more heavily armed and built than standard frigates of the period. Constitution was built in the North End of Boston, Massachusetts at Edmund Hartt's shipyard. Her first duties with the newly formed U.S. Navy were to provide protection for American merchant shipping during
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L'USS Constitution est une fré ...... té du Freedom Trail de Boston.
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6.03504e+1
laying down
1794-11-01
length (μ)
9.26592e+1
maiden voyage
1798-07-22
order date
1794-03-01
ship beam (μ)
1.31064e+1
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ship launched
1797-10-21
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In active service
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Photo of Constitution under sail with two escorts as navy jets fly overhead
Walter Cronkite steering a ship
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Constitution sails unassisted for the first time in 116 years.
Walter Cronkite takes the helm.
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Boston#Massachusetts#USA
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*30 × 24-pounder long gun
*20 × 32-pounder carronade
*2 × 24-pounder bow chasers
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*1 × longboat
*2 × cutters
*2 × whaleboats
*1 × gig
*1 × jolly boat
*1 × punt
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*Old Constitution 1917
*Constitution 1925
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on three masts
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Locations along Boston's Freedom Trail
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USS Constitution
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