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In 1857, Constitution was moved to dry dock at the Portsmouth Navy Yard for conversion into a training ship. Some of the earliest known photographs of her were taken during this refitting, which added classrooms on her spar and gun decks and reduced her armament to only 16 guns.
USS Constitution was launched October 21, 1797, from Edmund Hartt’s shipyard in Boston (site of present-day Constitution Wharf/U.S. Coast Guard base). She first sailed on July 22, 1798, as...
May 27, 2024 · After the War of 1812, the USS Constitution continued to serve in the United States Navy, making several trips around the world as a symbol of American power and prestige. In 1844, the ship was designated as a training vessel for midshipmen at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland.
“An Act to provide a Naval Armament,” signed by President George Washington, authorizes the purchase or construction of six frigates to create the United States Navy. 1794 – 1797 USS Constitution is built at Edmund Hartt's Shipyard in the North End of Boston, Massachusetts.
May 18, 2015 · USS Constitution is the only survivor of the United States Navy’s original six frigates. Her mission was to keep the sea lanes open for commerce, fight pirates, land Marines in trouble spots...
From its first years, the Washington Navy Yard became the navy's largest shipbuilding and shipfitting facility, with 22 vessels constructed there, ranging from small 70-foot (21 m) gunboats to the 246-foot (75 m) steam frigate USS Minnesota.
Aug 10, 2022 · USS Constitution, today berthed in the Charlestown Navy Yard, National Parks of Boston, is the sole survivor of the original six frigates and provides us with a clear understanding of why Joshua Humphreys and Henry Knox urged the use of live oak when constructing the new U.S. naval fleet.
