OLD IRONSIDE - AN OVERVIEW

As early as 1991, Commander David Cashman had proposed that Constitution really should sail to celebrate her 200th anniversary in 1997 rather then becoming towed. The proposal was permitted, though it was considered a big enterprise considering the fact that she experienced not sailed in above a hundred a long time.As Constitution settled in again

She was linked to a critical collision with the English brig Confidence, cutting her in fifty percent, which sank Along with the loss of her captain. The surviving crew members were being carried again to The united states, where by Constitution was place in ordinary Once more, this time with the Brooklyn Navy Lawn, in January 1851.[181]Constitutio