USS Constitution

The USS Constitution, known as "Old Ironsides" is a wooden-hulled, three-masted frigate of the United States Navy. Named after the United States Constitution, she is the oldest commissioned ship in the world still afloat (HMS Victory is three decades older, but is permanently drydocked).

References

• Thomas P. Horgan, Old Ironsides (Burdette & Co., 1963)
• Tyrone G. Martin, A Most Fortunate Ship 2nd edition (Naval Institute Press, 1997)
• ___________________, Undefeated (Tryon Publishing Company, 1996)
• ___________________, Creating A Legend" (Tryon Publishing Company, 1997 )
• ___________________, A Signal Honor' (Tryon Publishing Company, 2003)
• A fictional account of the 1812 battle between Constitution and Java appears in the novel The Fortune of War by Patrick O'Brian.
• The United States Naval Historical Center. The Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships