"Revere. The Chelsea River depots also contain facilities handling jet fuel for Logan International Airport. The Deer Island Waste Water Treatment Plant, whose egg-shaped sludge digesters are major landmarks, ships treated sludge across the harbor by barge for further processing into fertilizer. The US Coast Guard has a base in Boston, and the naval frigate USS Constitution (""Old Ironsides"") is berthed at the former Charlestown Navy Yard, now part of the Boston National Historical Park. The park is also home to the USS Cassin Young a World War II museum ship. The park's Drydock Number 1 was completed in 1833"
"1797, built as one of the original six heavy frigates for the revived American navy, and the oldest warship still commissioned in the United States Navy. , a 1943 World War II-era ""Fletcher""-class destroyer serving as a museum ship, is also berthed here. The museum area includes a dock which is a stop on the MBTA Boat water transport system. Among local people in the area and the National Park Service, it is still known as the Charlestown Navy Yard. The South Boston Naval Annex was located along the waterfront in South Boston. The earliest naval shipbuilding activities in Charlestown,"
"USS Constitution USS ""Constitution, also known as Old Ironsides"", is a wooden-hulled, three-masted heavy frigate of the United States Navy named by President George Washington after the United States Constitution. She is the world's oldest commissioned naval vessel still afloat. She was launched in 1797, one of six original frigates authorized for construction by the Naval Act of 1794 and the third constructed. Joshua Humphreys designed the frigates to be the young Navy's capital ships, and so ""Constitution"" and her sisters were larger and more heavily armed and built than standard frigates of the period. She was built at Edmund"
"ship in 1907. In 1931 she made a three-year, 90-port tour of the nation, and in 1997 after a comprehensive restoration to her 1812 configuration she finally sailed again under her own power for her 200th birthday. The oldest commissioned warship afloat in the world, ""Constitution"" is berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Massachusetts and is used to promote understanding of the Navy’s role in war and peace through educational outreach, historic demonstration, and active participation in public events. ""Constitution"" is open to visitors year-round, providing free tours, with the USS ""Constitution"" Museum nearby. was built at the Gosport"
"use was commissioned by Henry VII of England at HMNB Portsmouth in 1495 (see Tudor navy). This dry dock currently holds the world's oldest commissioned warship, HMS ""Victory"". Possibly the earliest description of a floating dock comes from a small Italian book printed in Venice in 1560, called ""Descrittione dell'artifitiosa machina"". In the booklet, an unknown author asks for the privilege of using a new method for the salvaging of a grounded ship and then proceeds to describe and illustrate his approach. The included woodcut shows a ship flanked by two large floating trestles, forming a roof above the vessel."
"Boston Navy Yard The Boston Navy Yard, originally called the Charlestown Navy Yard and later Boston Naval Shipyard, was one of the oldest shipbuilding facilities in the United States Navy. It was established in 1801 as part of the recent establishment of the new U.S. Department of the Navy in 1798. After 175 years of military service, it was decommissioned as a naval installation on 1 July 1974. The property is administered by the National Park Service, becoming part of Boston National Historical Park. Enough of the yard remains in operation to support the moored USS ""Constitution"" (""Old Ironsides"") of"
"Percival's legendary status is enhanced by the fact his first naval ship, HMS ""Victory"" and his last, the USS ""Constitution"", the oldest commissioned warship and the oldest commissioned warship afloat, remain national shrines for their respective nations. Captain Percival died at the age of 83 on 7 September 1862 in Dorchester, Massachusetts and is buried near his birthplace in West Barnstable's Ancient Cemetery. Source – ""Mad Jack Percival"". James H. Ellis. Naval Institute Press. 2002. Two US Navy ships have been named USS ""Percival"". Percival Drive in West Barnstable, MA is in the neighborhood of his birthplace, the homestead long"
"placed on display at the Sixth Naval District's Lieutenant Maximiano Memorial Hall.) A helicopter platform has been fitted over the fantail, allowing her to operate the IH-6B Bell Jet Ranger III, replacing the Eurocopter AS350. Brazilian monitor Parnaíba (U17) ""Parnaíba"" (U-17) is a river monitor of the Brazilian Navy. She was built for the navy in Rio de Janeiro and commissioned on 9 March 1938. She participated in the Second World War and is currently the world's oldest commissioned warship still in active service. She is assigned to the Mato Grosso Flotilla. She underwent a modernization program at the Ladario"
"constructed by Edmund Hartt at Boston, Massachusetts. ""Boston"" was authorized by the funded by the donations from the people of Boston, Massachusetts as part of the group of ships built by the states to supplement the Original six frigates of the United States Navy provided by the Naval Act of 1794. The frigate has a displacement of 400 tons and had a length between perpendiculars of . She was originally armed with twenty-four 9-pounder and eight 6-pounder guns, and carried a complement of 220 officers and men. She was launched on 20 May 1799 and commissioned soon afterwards, Captain George"
"already been in motion. Today, ""Constitution"" is well known by its nickname ""Old Ironsides"" and is the oldest commissioned ship in the world still afloat. Old Ironsides (poem) ""Old Ironsides"" is a poem written by American writer Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., on September 16, 1830, as a tribute to the eighteenth-century frigate . Thanks in part to the poem, she was saved from being decommissioned and is now the oldest commissioned ship in the world still afloat. <poem> Aye tear her tattered ensign down Long has it waved on high, And many an eye has danced to see That banner"
"million expected cost. After the restoration was complete, she was returned to the water on 23 July 2017. In November, 2017, Commander Nathaniel R. Shick relieved Commander Robert S. Gerosa Jr., who had spent most of his command while the ship was dry docked, in a ceremony held on board ""Constitution"" to become the ship's 75th commanding officer. USS Constitution USS ""Constitution, also known as Old Ironsides"", is a wooden-hulled, three-masted heavy frigate of the United States Navy named by President George Washington after the United States Constitution. She is the world's oldest commissioned naval vessel still afloat. She was"
"is the oldest commissioned Naval ship in the world. She can be found in Number 2 Dry Dock of the Royal Naval Museum at the Portsmouth Naval Base, in Portsmouth, which is named HMS ""Nelson"". The ""Victory"" was drydocked for restoration in 1922, and opened to the public as a shrine to Nelson and his navy in 1928. The bullet that killed Nelson is permanently on display in the Grand Vestibule of Windsor Castle. The uniform that he wore during the battle, with the fatal bullet hole still visible, can be seen at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich. A"
"until 1975, when the Navy turned the property over to the National Park Service. The Yard is home to the USS Constitution (the oldest floating commissioned naval vessel in the world), and the USS ""Cassin Young"", a destroyer from the Second World War that is now operated as a museum ship. Dorchester Heights was fortified by General George Washington in March 1776, compelling the British to withdraw from Boston and ending the Siege of Boston. A monument was erected on the site in 1902. Located in South Boston, Dorchester Heights is the only site in the park that is not"
"Hartlepool's Maritime Experience Hartlepool's Maritime Experience is a visitor attraction in Hartlepool, Cleveland, in the northeast of England. The concept of the attraction is the thematic re-creation of an 18th-century seaport, in the time of Lord Nelson, Napoleon and the Battle of Trafalgar. , a Royal Navy frigate and Britain's oldest warship afloat is at the centre of the quay. She was built in Bombay, India in 1817. The 190th anniversary of the ship's official launch was on Friday 12 October 2007. Before April 2005 it was known as Hartlepool Historic Quay. It was built by Teesside Development Corporation as"
"ships of the Continental Navy were , , , and . These were former merchantmen, and their names were assigned during conversion and outfitting. Later, Congress authorized the construction of thirteen frigates, and no names were assigned until after four had launched. The first description that we have of an American warship christening is that of at Boston, October 21, 1797, famous as ""Old Ironsides."" Her sponsor was Captain James Sever, USN, who stood on the weather deck at the bow. ""At fifteen minutes after twelve she commenced a movement into the water with such steadiness, majesty and exactness as"
"largest battleships ever built arrived at Nauticus on the downtown Norfolk waterfront on December 7, 2000. That date was significant because it marked the 57th anniversary of USS ""Wisconsin""s launching in 1943 – two years to the day after the attack on Pearl Harbor. USS ""Wisconsin"" opened for main deck tours on April 16, 2001. That date marked the 57th anniversary of the ship's commissioning in 1944. ""Wisconsin"", one of four s constructed by the United States Navy, was built from 1941 to 1943 at the Philadelphia Navy Yard and commissioned in 1944. She played a major role in World"
"the outbreak of the War of 1812, Royal Navy fighting instructions ordered British frigates (usually of 38 guns or less) to never engage American frigates at any less than a 2:1 advantage. , preserved as a museum ship by the US Navy, is the oldest commissioned warship afloat, and is a surviving example of a frigate from the Age of Sail. ""Constitution"" and her sister ships and were created in a response to deal with the Barbary Coast pirates and in conjunction with the Naval Act of 1794. The three big frigates, when built, had a distinctive building pattern which"
"during this period, operating a convoy system under an armed merchantman, instead of depending on small numbers of more heavily armed ships. The only original ship of the line remaining today is HMS ""Victory"", preserved as a museum in Portsmouth to appear as she was while under Admiral Horatio Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. Although ""Victory"" is in drydock, she is still a fully commissioned warship in the Royal Navy and is the oldest commissioned warship in any navy worldwide. ""Regalskeppet Vasa"" sank in the Baltic in 1628 and was lost until 1956. She was then raised"
"Tripoli Monument (sculpture) The Tripoli Monument is the oldest military monument in the United States. It honors heroes of the United States Navy from the First Barbary War (1801–1805): Master Commandant Richard Somers, Lieutenant James Caldwell, James Decatur (brother of Capt.Stephen Decatur), Henry Wadsworth, Joseph Israel, and John Dorsey. It was carved in Livorno, Italy in 1806 and brought to the United States on board the famous 1797 frigate (""Old Ironsides""). From its original installation in the Washington Navy Yard at the new national capital of Washington, D.C. in 1808, it was later moved to the west front terrace of"
"choice among both commuters and tourists. Charlestown has many places of historical interest, some of which are included along the northern end of Boston's Freedom Trail. The Freedom Trail ends at the Bunker Hill Monument commemorating the famous Battle of Bunker Hill. The USS ""Constitution"", the oldest commissioned vessel in the US Navy, is docked in the Charlestown Navy Yard. Charlestown was also the location from which Paul Revere began his famous ""midnight ride"" before the Battles of Lexington and Concord. A restaurant opened in 1780 and still in operation, Warren Tavern, claims to have been one of Revere's favorite"
"small arms, and running his vessel into ""Boston"". His rashness resulted in five of his crew being killed, ten wounded, and he himself drowning. HMS Boston (1762) HMS ""Boston"" was a 32-gun ""Richmond""-class fifth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1762. She served during the American Revolutionary War and the French Revolutionary War, and was broken up in 1811. On 16 April 1797, ""Boston"" was 18 leagues NNE of Cape Finisterre when after a six-hour chase she captured the French privateer ""Enfant de la Patrie"", of 16 guns and 130 men. ""Enfant de la Patrie"" was eight"
"Brazilian monitor Parnaíba (U17) ""Parnaíba"" (U-17) is a river monitor of the Brazilian Navy. She was built for the navy in Rio de Janeiro and commissioned on 9 March 1938. She participated in the Second World War and is currently the world's oldest commissioned warship still in active service. She is assigned to the Mato Grosso Flotilla. She underwent a modernization program at the Ladario Riverine Naval Base between January 1998 and 6 May 1999, which saw the replacement of her original reciprocating engine plant with diesel engines to increase her range and endurance. (One of her original engines was"
"USS Boston (1799) The third USS ""Boston"" was a 32-gun wooden-hulled, three-masted frigate of the United States Navy. ""Boston"" was built by public subscription in Boston under the Act of 30 June 1798. ""Boston"" was active during the Quasi-War with France and the First Barbary War. On 12 October 1800, ""Boston"" engaged and captured the French corvette ""Berceau"". ""Boston"" was laid up in 1802, and considered not worth repairing at the outbreak of the War of 1812. She was burned at the Washington Naval Yard on 24 August 1814 to prevent her capture by British forces. ""Boston"" was designed and"
"city is home to some famous ships: in the dry dock of Portsmouth Historic Dockyard lies Horatio Nelson's flagship, , the world's oldest naval ship still in commission. HMS ""Victory"" was preserved for the nation and placed in permanent dry dock in 1922, when the Society for Nautical Research led a national appeal to restore her. 22million people have visited her since. In 1971, the remains of Henry VIII's flagship, , was rediscovered on the seabed. She was raised and brought into a purpose-built structure in Portsmouth Historic Dockyard in 1982. Britain's first iron-hulled warship, , was restored and moved"
"USS Independence (1814) USS ""Independence"" was a wooden-hulled, three-masted ship, originally a ship of the line and the first to be commissioned by the United States Navy. Originally a 90-gun ship, in 1836 she was cut down by one deck and re-rated as a 54-gun frigate. Launched on 22 June 1814 in the Boston Navy Yard, she immediately took on guns and was stationed with frigate in Boston. Both could not cruise until the end of the War of 1812 as they were blockaded in port by a squadron consisting of a number of 74-gun ships and the 98-gun HMS"
"USS Independence (1814) USS ""Independence"" was a wooden-hulled, three-masted ship, originally a ship of the line and the first to be commissioned by the United States Navy. Originally a 90-gun ship, in 1836 she was cut down by one deck and re-rated as a 54-gun frigate. Launched on 22 June 1814 in the Boston Navy Yard, she immediately took on guns and was stationed with frigate in Boston. Both could not cruise until the end of the War of 1812 as they were blockaded in port by a squadron consisting of a number of 74-gun ships and the 98-gun HMS"
"wholly different ship, using only a minimal amount of material from the 1797 vessel. Commemorative copper coins were struck from parts of the USS Constellation, and have become collector's items. USS Constellation (1797) USS ""Constellation"" was a nominally rated 38-gun wooden-hulled, three-masted frigate of the United States Navy. She was named by George Washington to reflect a principle of the United States Constitution. She was built under the direction of David Stodder at his naval shipyard on Harris Creek in Baltimore's Fell's Point maritime community, and she was launched on 7 September 1797. She was one of the original six"
"today, anchored in Boston harbor. Soon after the bill was passed, Congress authorized $800,000 to obtain a treaty with the Algerians and ransom the captives, triggering an amendment of the Act which would halt the construction of ships if peace was declared. After considerable debate, three of the six frigates were authorized to be completed: ""United States"", ""Constitution"" and ""Constellation"". However, the first naval vessel to sail was , on 24 May 1798. At the same time, tensions between the U.S. and France developed into the Quasi-War, which originated from the Treaty of Alliance (1778) that had brought the French"
"HMS Boston (1762) HMS ""Boston"" was a 32-gun ""Richmond""-class fifth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1762. She served during the American Revolutionary War and the French Revolutionary War, and was broken up in 1811. On 16 April 1797, ""Boston"" was 18 leagues NNE of Cape Finisterre when after a six-hour chase she captured the French privateer ""Enfant de la Patrie"", of 16 guns and 130 men. ""Enfant de la Patrie"" was eight days out of Bordeaux but had not taken anything. The captain of the privateer was drunk, and so decided to resist, firing his guns,"
"on September 20, 1797, was attended by then President John Adams and Massachusetts Governor Increase Sumner. Upon launch, she slid down the ways only before stopping; her weight had caused the ways to settle into the ground, preventing further movement. An attempt two days later resulted in only an additional of travel before the ship again stopped. After a month of rebuilding the ways, ""Constitution"" finally slipped into Boston Harbor on October 21, 1797, with Captain James Sever breaking a bottle of Madeira wine on her bowsprit. ""Constitution"" is a wooden-hulled, three-masted heavy frigate of the United States Navy, named"
"front of Old Ship Church, was excavated for the passage of horse-drawn trolleys about 1835. Old Ship Church The Old Ship Church (also known as the Old Ship Meetinghouse) is a Puritan church built in 1681 in Hingham, Massachusetts. It is the only surviving 17th-century Puritan meetinghouse in America. Its congregation, gathered in 1635 and officially known as First Parish in Hingham, occupies the oldest church building in continuous ecclesiastical use in the United States. On October 9, 1960, it was designated a National Historic Landmark and on November 15, 1966, it was added to the National Register of Historic"
"Partridge 1885 Partridge is documented as being the world's oldest, still fully operational classic racing yacht. ""Partridge"" was built in 1885 at the Camper and Nicholson boatyard in Gosport, Hampshire, England, 'the oldest leisure marine company in the world'. The company was originally a shipyard in Gosport, today Camper and Nicholson has become a yacht and marina management company. Partridge is recognised as a UK National Historic Ship and was designed by John Beavor-Webb and launched on 2 June by Miss Nora Lapthorn. To put things into historical perspective, the Statue of Liberty arrived in New York Harbor during the"
"USS Boston (1884) The fifth USS ""Boston"" was a protected cruiser and one of the first steel warships of the ""New Navy"" of the 1880s. In some references she is combined with as the ""Atlanta"" class, in others as the ""Boston"" class. ""Boston"" was laid down on 15 November 1883 by John Roach & Sons, Chester, Pennsylvania, launched on 4 December 1884, and commissioned on 2 May 1887 at the New York Navy Yard, Captain Francis M. Ramsay in command. ""Boston"" was ordered as part of the ""ABCD"" ships, the others being the cruisers and and the dispatch vessel ."