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227 years old, 304 feet long, 198 feet high.

He wasn't really in a wheelchair, that was for the show.

Never knew if he was the pitcher or the catcher

We visited the USS Constitution a few years back. Pretty amazing. It's a pity you have to go to Boston to see it.

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Great pictures

A few miles from my home is Crane Naval Surface Warfare Center or NAVSEA as I believe they call it now.
Anyway, it is a huge facility covering 64 square miles being built just prior to World War II.
There is thousands of acres of timber and there is a particular tract called Constitution Grove.
Over the years, any wood needed for repair of old Ironsides come from this particular stand of oak which covers a large area.
A friend of mine is a forester there and is responsible for this stand of timber.

Only ship in todays navy that has ever sunk an enemy ship

But, it's a really nice visit when you do. Was up there doing some Uni work in the 80s and was told that they take it out for a run every summer and then dock it in the opposite direction. Never got to see that.

Don't know how many great great it would take to get it right but my Mothers side of the family had a nice fellow serve as a cannoneer on that ship.

He did not become a citizen for a long time after they made that law.

Don't know why.

I remember going to Boston a few years after I got out of the Navy. I was struck by how absolutely small that ship is.
I was on 3 different ships. A Frigate, USS Pharris FF1094, USS Kalamazoo AOR-6, and the USS John F Kennedy CV-67.
Was on temporary duty on the Kennedy after I made E-5 so I didn't get to know her like the back of my hand but...
Damn Old Ironsides was small compared to what I was used to...

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She had five sister ships.



https://www.amazon.com/Six-Frigates-Epic-History-Founding-ebook/dp/B000W5MINK/

"United States—designed by architect Joshua Humphreys and Captain Thomas Truxtun—was the first to be launched of her sister ships, Constellation, Constitution, Congress, President, and Chesapeake."
https://www.history.navy.mil/browse-by-topic/ships/original-frigates/frigate-united-states.html

It's 200' long with a full crew compliment of about 500 men. I imagine it got a bit crowded when the cannonballs started flying. For comparison, the Mayflower was almost exactly 1/2 the length. That voyage had 102 passengers and 30 crew.

This^^^ carries so many hidden messages

Kevin James could play him in a movie.

A list of Captions.

I thank the sailers for their service.

You've always had a place for semen.

And just like that: speilcheqk went awa