Fun fact about th USS Constitution, the US Navy maintains an entire white oak forest in Indiana just to use in the maintenance of this one ship.
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Pfft that's nothing. HMAS Melbourne was the only Australian ship to sink two friendly ships in peacetime 💪
She was just that eager to spill blood.
Metal as fuck
It's cooler in Fallout 4. It's crewed by robots and flies.
Also real life is a downer. Was super cramped, don’t know how they fit 100 dudes in that thing.
Also, since our taxes are keeping it floatable, would it kill them to bring it into armament parity? Swap out the guns with missile tubes, maybe an icbm tower in one of the masts?
Are M134 chaser guns too much to ask for?
CIWS on that baby or bust
that one unit in Civilization you forgot about and never upgraded in 500 years
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Cool ship, took a tour last year
From the other side
Men only want one thing and it's ~~disgusting~~ beautiful
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That looks rad!
I have a 3ft model of the constitution in a box that I've been meaning to put together for about 10 years now... but cats.
Maybe someday I'll have a spot to put it together in peace.
I got a china cabinet at an estate sale and have been putting some Lego sets in there and its been cat proof…….. so far
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Oldest American naval warship still afloat....
Or any nation as far as sources I have list.
Apparently there is this uge differwncw about where you storage them. The only reason some portugues and British ships aren't the oldest sailing vessels is because we keep them in museums. Yhe but they are still in comission, sooo idk I guess we where both right depending how you frase it.
So, while the USS Constitution is the oldest naval vessel still afloat, the HMS Victory holds the record for the oldest naval vessel still in commission. Both ships are significant historical artifacts and serve as museum ships, commemorating important eras in naval history.
Although HMS victory is the oldest naval vessel in comission, she's got 3 decades on the old girl
What's the shitter look like?
None to speak of. Poop was slammed off the sides.
Both wrong and right
https://ussconstitutionmuseum.org/2014/01/18/head-lines/
Hilarious title, 'Head Lines'
Shit
So old it's still grayscale
Does it still sail, tough? I know the French analog, the Hermione, does.
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I'm guessing she's having some work done to the rigging? Not a yard on her.
I wonder what happened to the USS Charisma
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