USS Constitution
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USS Constitution, also known as Old Ironsides, is a three-masted wooden-hulled heavy frigate of the United States Navy. She is the world's oldest commissioned warship still afloat. She was launched in 1797, one of six original frigates authorized for construction by the Naval Act of 1794 and the third constructed. The name "Constitution" was among ten names submitted to President George Washington by Secretary of War Timothy Pickering in March or May for the frigates that were to be constructed. Joshua Humphreys designed the frigates to be the young Navy's capital ships, and so Constitution and her sister ships were larger and more heavily armed and built than standard frigates of the period. She was built at Edmund Hartt's shipyard in the North End of Boston, Massachusetts. Her first duties were to provide protection for American merchant shipping during the Quasi-War with France and to defeat the Barbary pirates in the First Barbary War.
1797 Website,
"Old_Ironsides") Wikimedia, Wikidata
Constitution; Old Ironsides
length 62 metre, beam 13.3 metre, draft 7 metre,
United States Navy,
- Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System page@
- National Register of Historic Places listed place page@
- National Register of Historic Places page@
- Three Decks page@
- Tripadvisor page@
Location: 42.3721, -71.0556, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
10 places
- Old Ironsides - poem, English, 1830
| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| event | armed conflict | 1676 | Attack on Sudbury | United States, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1689 | 1689 Boston revolt | rebellion | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1775 | Battle of Concord | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1775 | Battle of Lexington | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1775 | Battle of Menotomy | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1775 | Battles of Lexington and Concord | Kingdom of Great Britain, battle, Thirteen Colonies | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1775 | Siege of Boston | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1775 | Battle of Chelsea Creek | United States, Kingdom of Great Britain, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1775 | Battle of Bunker Hill | United States, Kingdom of Great Britain, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1776 | Fortification of Dorchester Heights | battle | Wikidata |
| link | page | Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System page@ | Wikidata | ||
| link | page | National Register of Historic Places listed place page@ | Wikidata | ||
| link | page | National Register of Historic Places page@ | Wikidata | ||
| link | page | Three Decks page@ | Wikidata | ||
| link | page | Tripadvisor page@ | Wikidata | ||
| object | watercraft | Magnifique | Magnifique-class ship of the line, ship of the line | Wikidata | |
| object | watercraft | USS Boston | Boston-class cruiser, guided missile cruiser, Baltimore-class cruiser | Wikidata | |
| object | watercraft | USS Princeton | steamship | Wikidata | |
| object | watercraft | USS Salem | preserved watercraft, heavy cruiser, United States Navy | Wikidata | |
| organisation | arms industry | United Shoe Machinery Corporation | arms industry, concern, business, Manufacture of machinery for textile, apparel and leather production | Wikidata | |
| organisation | arms industry | 1892 | General Electric | mechanical engineering, automotive industry, finance lease, arms industry, conglomerate, public company, power engineering, aircraft industry, business, enterprise | Wikidata |
| organisation | arms industry | 1932 | Charles Stark Draper Laboratory | nonprofit organization, arms industry, laboratory | Wikidata |
| organisation | factory | Bethlehem Atlantic Works | shipyard, shipbuilding | Wikidata | |
| organisation | factory | Bethlehem Hingham Shipyard | shipbuilding, shipyard | Wikidata | |
| organisation | factory | 1900 | Fore River Shipyard | shipbuilding, shipyard | Wikidata |
| organisation | shipbuilding company | 1866 | George Lawley & Son | shipbuilding, shipbuilding company | Wikidata |
| site | fort | Beverly Fort | fort | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Fort Andrew | fort | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Fort Glover | fort | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Fort Heath | sea fort | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Fort Juniper | fort | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Fort Sewall | fort | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Fort Warren | fort | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Fort Washington | earthworks, fort, Continental Army, park | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | 1629 | Fort Miller | fort | Wikidata |
| site | fort | 1643 | Fort Independence | fort | Wikidata |
| site | fort | 1776 | Fort Revere | artillery fort | Wikidata |
| site | fort | 1808 | Fort Winthrop | fort | Wikidata |
| site | fort | 1897 | Fort Andrews | artillery fort | Wikidata |
| site | fort | 1899 | Fort Standish | Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation, fort | Wikidata |
| site | fort | 1899 | Fort Strong | fort | Wikidata |
| site | fort | 1920 | Fort Duvall | fort | Wikidata |
| site | fort | 1924 | Fort Ruckman | fort | Wikidata |
| site | fort | 1942 | Fort Dawes | fort | Wikidata |
| site | museum | USS Cassin Young | preserved watercraft, museum ship, destroyer, United States Navy | Wikidata | |
| site | museum | 1797 | USS Constitution | preserved watercraft, museum ship, frigate, United States Navy, tripadvisor | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 1800 | Boston Navy Yard | military museum, maritime museum, shipyard, United States Navy | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 1843 | Bunker Hill Monument | monument, military museum, obelisk | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 1993 | United States Naval Shipbuilding Museum | military museum, maritime museum | Wikidata |
| commons | image | Boston National Historical Park (5a4f9d74-1dd8-b71b-0be4-f9c865c834b7) | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Uss-constitution-visit 5615087879 o | Commons | ||
| commons | image | USS Constitution in Charlestown Naval Yard 150225-N-XP344-036 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Uss-constitution-visit 5615667854 o | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Traditional Gifts from the Governor to the Governor-Elect (8622912073 4a9c65a1d1 o) | Commons | ||
| commons | image | USS Constitution commemorates Midway battle DVIDS287015 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | U.S. Navy band Northeast plays the opening ceremony for the annual Boston Harbor Fest 140702-M-TG562-102 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | USS Constitution in Charlestown Naval Yard 150225-N-XP344-039 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | USS Constitution turn around in Boston DVIDS1104332 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Naval Station Newport RI in the 1900s | Commons | ||













