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USS Constitution, also known as Old Ironsides, is a three-masted wooden-hulled heavy frigate of the United States Navy. The ship is the world's oldest commissioned naval warship still afloat. [11] [Note 1] The ship was launched in 1797, one of six original frigates authorized for construction by the Naval Act of 1794 and the third constructed.
Old Ironsides, a 1926 film directed by James Cruze and starring Wallace Beery; Old Ironsides (locomotive), the first locomotive built by Matthias W. Baldwin "Old Ironsides" (poem), an 1830 poem written by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. as a tribute to the USS Constitution; Old Ironsides (trophy), a college football rivalry
Old Ironsides is a 1926 American silent historical war film directed by James Cruze and starring Charles Farrell, Esther Ralston, Wallace Beery, George Bancroft and Boris Karloff in a small role. [2] It was produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures .
The 1st Armored Division, nicknamed "Old Ironsides", [1] is a combined [broken anchor] arms division of the United States Army. The division is part of III Armored Corps and operates out of Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas. It was the first armored division of the United States Army to see battle in World War II.
Baldwin's Old Ironsides engine, manufactured in 1832. Baldwin put his knowledge of stationary steam engines to new use in 1831 when he constructed his first experimental steam locomotive. Based on designs first shown at the Rainhill Trials in England , Baldwin's prototype was a small demonstration engine that was displayed at Peale's ...
"Old Ironsides" is a poem written by American writer Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. on September 16, 1830, as a tribute to the 18th-century USS Constitution. The poem was one reason that the frigate was saved from being decommissioned, and it is now the oldest commissioned ship in the world that is still afloat.
Captain Silas Talbot (January 11, 1751 – June 30, 1813) was an American military officer and slave trader. He served in the Continental Army and Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War, and is most famous for commanding USS Constitution from 1799 to 1801.
Claghorn was the master shipbuilder of the USS Constitution (a.k.a. Old Ironsides), which he and Samuel Nicholson built for the early United States Navy [Note 3] during the years 1794–1797. Old Ironsides is the oldest naval vessel in the world that is still commissioned, afloat and seaworthy. [Note 4] [2]