THE OLD IRON SIDE DIARIES

Constellation and President arrived at Tripoli to the ninth with Samuel Barron in command; Preble was forced to relinquish his command from the squadron to Barron, who was senior in rank.[85] Constitution was purchased to Malta over the eleventh for repairs and, although en route, captured two Greek vessels attempting to deliver wheat into Tripoli.

may be the oldest commissioned warship on the globe even now afloat. Nicknamed “Previous Ironsides,” she's today berthed in Boston and is recognized as “The us’s Ship of Condition.” Her Tale illuminates Significantly about the U.S. Navy throughout the nation’s first one hundred years.Constitution entered dry dock in 1992 for an inspecti