The oldest commissioned warship in the world, USS Constitution "Old Ironsides" turns 210 years old today. Construction on the frigate began in 1794 and she was launched on October 21, 1797. Currently she is undergoing a two year re-fit to spruce her up and bring her back to "fighting" condition.
The Captain's Clerk features some beautiful "Old Ironsides" artwork and nifty historical facts about the USS Constitution.
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Here are a couple more links from two sources that I found to be indispensable during Public Library work:
1) From the Naval Vessel Register:
http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/oldiron.htm
2) From DANFS -- The Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships:
http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/c13/constitution.htm
As a sidenote, I think it might be pretty interesting if "finding aids" that mentioned ship names also had external links to one of these two above sources.
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