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[[Image:Ussconstitution.JPG|thumb|right|300px|USS ''Constitution'']]
{| border="1" align="right" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="300"
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| colspan="2" align="center" | [[Image:Ussconstitution.JPG|thumb|right|300px|USS ''Constitution'']]
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! style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy no-repeat scroll top left;" | Career
! style="background:navy;align:right;" | [[Image:15 star Jack.PNG|48px|USN Jack]]
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| Launched: || 21 October 1797
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| Commissioned: || 5 May 1798
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| Current status:
| In commission, open to the public
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! colspan="2" style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy no-repeat scroll top left;" | Specifications
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| Displacement: || 1,576t
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| Dimensions: || 175 ft x 44.3ft x 13.9ft
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| Armament:
| 32-24pdr<br>22-42pdr carronades<br>1-long 18pdr
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| Complement: || 420 officers and crew
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'''USS ''Constitution''''', one of the original six ships of the fledgling [[United States Navy]] and the only surviving one, is a three-masted sail frigate of 44 guns opened to the public at the former Boston Navy Yard in Massachusetts. ''Constitution'' bears the distinction of having the most ship-to-ship victories of any ship in the Navy; one of which earned for her the name "Old Ironsides" after sailors observed cannonshot bouncing off her hull.
'''USS ''Constitution''''', one of the original six ships of the fledgling [[United States Navy]] and the only surviving one, is a three-masted sail frigate of 44 guns opened to the public at the former Boston Navy Yard in Massachusetts. ''Constitution'' bears the distinction of having the most ship-to-ship victories of any ship in the Navy; one of which earned for her the name "Old Ironsides" after sailors observed cannonshot bouncing off her hull.