USS Constitution-0' (Boston South) (42.3725973, -71.0569955)
Constitution Wharf-0' (Boston South) (42.3684306, -71.0506064)
Constitution Museum-7' (Boston South) (42.373986, -71.0553288)
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Description:
USS Constitution, also known as Old Ironsides, is a wooden-hulled, three-masted heavy frigate of the United States Navy named by President George Washington after the United States Constitution. She is the world's oldest commissioned naval vessel 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. 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. 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. From Wikipedia
From GNIS:
- Constitution Museum
- Many exhibits are available for viewing that combine to create the feeling of shipboard life in the 1800's and tell the story of the USS Constitution during her years under sail.
- Also called:
- Building 22-Bahne, Charles. The Complete Guide to Boston's Freedom Trail. Second Edition. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Newtowne Publishing, 1993.
- USS Constitution Museum-MapEasy's Guidemap To Boston. Wainscott, New York: MapEasy, 2000.
- USS Constitution
- The USS Constitution was launched from Boston in 1797. She earned the nickname of 'Old Ironsides' by never losing a battle in her long career. She fought many foes, including the British, in the War of 1812, and the infamous Barbary pirates. She is now the oldest ship in the United States Navy.
- Also called
- Old Ironsides-U.S. Geological Survey. Geographic Names Post Phase I Map Revisions. Various editions. 01-Jan-2000
- USS Constitution National Park-Insight Guide: Boston. Maspeth, New York: Langenscheidt, 2000.
Trips:
- October 20, 2018-Finish Freedom Trail
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