But 1 thirty day period later, she fulfilled with one of them yet again -- the frigate Guerriere. The British ship fired the first shot of the famous battle; 20 minutes later on, Guerriere was a dismasted hulk, so poorly destroyed that she was not well worth towing to port.Now the oldest U.S. warship nonetheless in Fee, Constitution stays a strong

As early as 1991, Commander David Cashman experienced recommended that Constitution need to sail to rejoice her 200th anniversary in 1997 as an alternative to becoming towed. The proposal was authorised, while it absolutely was thought to be a big enterprise considering that she had not sailed in in excess of a hundred yrs.Now the oldest U.S. wars