The United States Navy has used the same standards to assign names and hull numbers to its vessels for more than a century.

What is the oldest operational U.S. military vessel in service today? If your answer is the USS Constitution, you’d be wrong!

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U.S. News Insider Tip: Every July 4th, the USS Constitution takes her annual ... a lottery with the lucky winners getting to board "Old Ironsides." – Jill LeGrow History lovers, boat enthusiasts ...

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USS San Jacinto and USS Vicksburg before taking command of Old Ironsides. Katie Lange wrote about the historic command for a DoD News' "Making History" feature on March 25, 2022, but the story is ...

210 YEARS AGO: Down to the Sea in Ships The three-masted frigate USS Constitution—one of six ... 1797. Dubbed "Old Ironsides," after a British shot bounces off its wooden hull in the War of ...