The ship USS Constitution got the nickname Old Ironsides because the ship had iron plating in the hull. The ship was used during the Civil War.
In the Boston Harbor.
USS Constitution. Aka "Old Ironsides." Simply because it's the oldest ship in the Navy still commissioned.
Delaware was the first state to ratify the US Constitution on December 7, 1787. This is why it has the state nickname The Constitution State.
Yes. That's why it was called 'USS'. Ships of the Confederate Navy were 'CSS'.
The nickname is "Old Ironsides" for its tough oak timbers.The USS Constitution famously sank the British warship HMS Guerriere in the War of 1812."Old Ironsides" is the nickname for the warship USS Constitution.
uss constitution it was a boat. Cannonballs just bounced of of its WOODEN sides.
Yes, The USS Constitution defeated the HMS Guerriere, and it was during this battle that the USS Constitution earned the nickname of "Old Ironsides".
Thomas JeffersonANS2:Bah! Jefferson did not have the nickname of 'Old Ironside'. In fact, none of the US presidents had that nickname. The USS Constitution had that nickname because cannonballs bounced off her oak sides.
The USS Constellation was nicknamed "The Connie."
USS Constitution was never defeated in battle.
The anchors for the USS Constitution were forged in the town of Hanover, Massachusetts.
The USS Monitor was a Union warship of radical design. Its detractors gave it the nickname of the "cheesebox on a raft".
The USS Constitution is docked in Boston, Massachusetts
there were 8 frigates on the American sife- the USS Constitution, the USS John Admas, the USS President, the USS United States, the USS Constellation, the USS Boston, The USS New York, and the USS Congress
The web address of the Uss Constitution Museum is: www.ussconstitutionmuseum.org
The USS Constitution has always been an East Coast Ship; see website: USS Constitution.