The 44-Gun Frigate USS Constitution: "Old Ironsides".(Brief Article)(Book Review)

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The 44-gun frigate USS Constitution; "Old Ironsides".

Marquardt, Karl-Heinz.

Naval Institute Press

2005

128 pages

$42.95

Hardcover

Anatomy of the ship series

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Nicknamed "Old Ironsides" after a 30-minute engagement with the British HMS Guerriere in 1812, the USS Constitution is the subject of this close-up view. In a manner popular in aviation publicatio...

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