On this date USS Constitution launched

[Jersey mike]

She sure is a thing of beauty.

https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/this-day-history-oct-21-1797-legendary-warship-uss-constitution-launched-boston

Old Ironsides, America's most famous warship, turns 225 years old today, is still afloat and proudly serving nation

[scooperhsd]

Way back in early 1985, I was stationed on a frigate (FFG8 USS McInerney) that was getting an overhaul in Boston. Me and one of the other officers was renting an apartment on the beach at Revere Beach. Downstairs was a petty officer who was stationed on the Constitution. Was too busy to go see it (I was constantly going off to schools - its what a CICO does ).