But 1 thirty day period later, she achieved with one of them yet again -- the frigate Guerriere. The British ship fired the very first shot from the famous battle; twenty minutes later, Guerriere was a dismasted hulk, so terribly destroyed that she was not worth towing to port.Now the oldest U.S. warship however in Fee, Constitution continues to be

As early as 1991, Commander David Cashman had prompt that Constitution should really sail to rejoice her 200th anniversary in 1997 as an alternative to remaining towed. The proposal was permitted, while it was regarded as a considerable endeavor considering the fact that she experienced not sailed in above 100 decades.off Brazil on December 29. A