October 21 in American History
The frigate USS Constitution slid into Boston Harbor — one of the young Navy's first warships. She earned the nickname "Old Ironsides" when British cannonballs seemed to bounce off her thick oak hull in the War of 1812. Still commissioned today, she's the oldest floating warship in the world.
In 1797: the USS Constitution is launched. The frigate USS Constitution slid into Boston Harbor — one of the young Navy's first warships.
The frigate USS Constitution slid into Boston Harbor — one of the young Navy's first warships. She earned the nickname "Old Ironsides" when British cannonballs seemed to bounce off her thick oak hull in the War of 1812. Still commissioned today, she's the oldest floating warship in the world.
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