Download or read book Old Ironsides written by David Fitz-Enz and published by Taylor Trade Publications. This book was released on 2009-01-15 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of the oldest warship afloat in the world, the venerable frigate USS Constitution, the cornerstone of the nascent American navy created by act of Congress in 1794. Colonel David Fitz-Enz re-creates the world of sail, when seven knots an hour was considered blinding speed for a warship. In Old Ironsides, Fitz-Enz tells the story of the ship, from its construction to the ongoing restoration efforts that keep it active today.
Download or read book The 44 Gun Frigate USS Constitution written by Karl Heinz Marquardt and published by Osprey Publishing. This book was released on 2017-12-19 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Constitution was one of the US Navy's first six original frigates, ordered as a counter to the Barbary corsairs in the Mediterranean. Fast and heavily built, she was nominally rated as a 44 but mounted thirty 24-pdr and twenty-two 12-pdr cannon. Her most famous encounter, after which she became nicknamed 'Old Ironsides' due to British shot being seen bouncing off her hull, involved HMS Guerriere, which she smashed; the same treatment was meted out to HMS Java four months later. Now the oldest commissioned warship afloat in thw world, she is berthed in Boston Harbor. The 'Anatomy of the Ship' series aims to provide the finest documentation of individual ships and ship types ever published. What makes the series unique is a complete set of superbly executed line drawings, both the conventional type of plan as well as explanatory views, with fully descriptive keys. These are supported by technical details and a record of the ship's service history.
Download or read book Interpreting Old Ironsides written by Charles E. Brodine and published by Government Printing Office. This book was released on 2007 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work is a training manual for members of the crew of the 1797 United States frigate Constitution, the world's oldest warship in commission. The venerable vessel, which earned its nickname, "Old Ironsides," during the War of 1812, is today permanently berthed in the Charlestown Navy Yard, across the Charles River from its building site in Boston, Massachusetts. The historic frigate is open to visitors year round, with tours provided by the crew, active sailors in the United States Navy. The lessons in the manual are divided among three groups, corresponding to the three skill levels of the tour guides, Basic, Advanced, and Master. In addition to the chronology and major events in the history of USS Constitution, the manual explains the historical contexts in which those events took place. The text is written in an engaging and accessible manner that will make it attractive to anyone interested in USS Constitution or in the early U.S. Navy in general.
Download or read book The Story of the U S Frigate Constitution Old Ironsides written by John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Story of the U S Frigate Constitution written by John Hancock Life Insurance Company and published by . This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a new release of the original 1931 edition.
Download or read book A Son of Old Ironsides written by John Stuart Barrows and published by . This book was released on 1931 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Old Ironsides an Illustrated History of USS Constitution written by Thomas Patrick Horgan and published by Yankee Publishing, Incorporated. This book was released on 1980 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of the USS Constitution.
Download or read book Old Ironsides written by and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Old Ironsides U S Frigate Constitution written by John Charles Roach and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book U S Frigate Constitution written by Paul St Pierre and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2024-04-20 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Softcover book of 106+ pages containing brief accounts of events in the timeline of the USS CONSTITUTION (Old Ironsides) from conception in 1794 to 2023. With illustrations.
Download or read book Six Frigates The Epic History of the Founding of the U S Navy written by Ian W. Toll and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2008-02-26 with total page 585 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the decision to build six heavy frigates through the cliffhanger campaign against Tripoli to the war that shook the world in 1812, Toll tells the grand tale of the founding of the U.S. Navy.
Download or read book Lest We Forget written by Lilla Wood Daniels and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The 44 gun Frigate USS Constitution written by Karl Heinz Marquardt and published by Naval Inst Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Constitution was one of the first frigates built by the fledgling U.S. Navy, ordered in 1794 as a counter to the Barbary corsairs in the Mediterranean. Heavily built but fast, she was rated as a 44-gun ship but mounted thirty 24-pounder cannons. Her most famous encounter came in 1812 when she successfully fought against the HMS Guerriere, earning the nickname "Old Ironsides" when the British round shot could not penetrate her walls. Built in Boston where she has been berthed for over seventy years, she is considered to be the oldest commissioned warship afloat in the world. The internationally-acclaimed draftsman and author Karl-Heinz Marquardt worked closely with the team at the Constitution to ensure that the book is accurate and up-to-date. Dozens of photographs and some 100 perspective and 3-view drawings are included along with fully descriptive keys and a large-scale foldout plan on the reverse side of the jacket.
Download or read book US Frigate Constitution written by Paul St Pierre and published by Blurb. This book was released on 2024-03-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brief accounts of events in the timeline of the USS CONSTITUTION from conception in 1794 to 2023. With illustrations. 106+ pages.
Download or read book History of the United States Frigate Constitution written by Horatio Davis Smith and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Old Ironsides written by Thomas C. Gillmer and published by International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press. This book was released on 1997-02-22 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In her youth she was beautiful. Her fine lines and graceful sheer, her lightly upturned head, the classic quarter galleries and restrained carvings gracing her 18th-century transom stern--all flowed together flawlessly in this magnificent creature of the sea. Her loft rig spread more sail than any European frigate. In fact, she and her two sisterships were larger in every way than their contemporaries. She is the USS Constitution--the oldest warship afloat anywhere in the world. This proud old warrior has seen--and participated in--virtually all our nation's history. She fought in four wars; circled the world as a symbol of American power; was commanded by the superstars of American naval history: Preble, Decatur, Bainbridge, Rodgers, Hull, Stewart, MacDonough. Constitution is the definitive American icon--older than the Washington Monument, Mount Rushmore, the White House. But her age has been one of her greatest enemies, second only to bureaucratic indifference. The ship that rallied American in the second war of independence later found herself reduced to a floating classroom at Annapolis, and still later became a barracks for transient seamen. Theodore Roosevelt's Secretary of the Navy even recommended that she be towed to sea for gunnery practice. In 1830, rumors that she was to be scrapped prompted Oliver Wendell Holmes to write his epic poem, "Old Ironsides." The ensuing public clamor brought Constitution a complete overhaul. She was rescued by the public again in 1876 for the American Centennial, and given a cosmetic makeover in 1907. In 1927, she received an extensive restoration, funded in part by collections from school children. Now, 200 years after her launching, this living link with our nation's beginnings is again preparing to sail. Old Ironsides is the story of this great ship, told by Professor Thomas C. Gillmer, the man the Navy chose to assess her structure and recommend procedures to restore her strength and form. Gillmer answers nagging questions surrounding the true identity of Constitution's designer, settles the controversy about the 1850s-era frigate masquerading as the original frigate Constellation in Baltimore, charts the history of Constitution's major and minor reconstructions, and provides a detailed analysis of her true condition today. Old Ironsides's pages are filled with drawings, plans, and photographs, many never before published, that are a treasure trove for maritime historians. The book includes a full-color section detailing Constitution's earlier triumphs by celebrated marine painter William Gilkerson, commissioned especially for this book. If ships may be considered living beings, Constitution is the last living link with our nation's beginnings--and Old Ironsides brings her to life.
Download or read book US Frigate Constitution written by Paul St Pierre and published by Blurb. This book was released on 2024-04-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains Autographs of influencial crew and government personel in the history of USS Constitution and many of the items they signed with short biography on each and how they were related to the Constitution. Also contains illustrations of many artifacts that were either used on Old Ironsides or were fashioned from reclaimed wood/metal from various restorations or refits. Hardcover with 188 pages and illustrations.
