AN EIGHTEENTH CENTURY WARSHIP.—The ancient frigate Constellation, the oldest United States naval ship afloat, entering a floating dock at Boston to be prepared for her last voyage. It is proposed to tow the Constellation in the floating dock to Baltimore, where she was launched in 1797 and where she will be preserved in a concrete berth.
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Press, Volume XCII, Issue 27734, 11 August 1955, Page 14
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56AN EIGHTEENTH CENTURY WARSHIP.—The ancient frigate Constellation, the oldest United States naval ship afloat, entering a floating dock at Boston to be prepared for her last voyage. It is proposed to tow the Constellation in the floating dock to Baltimore, where she was launched in 1797 and where she will be preserved in a concrete berth. Press, Volume XCII, Issue 27734, 11 August 1955, Page 14
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