The USS Constitution, one of the Navy's original six frigates as well as its oldest commissioned warship—will celebrate the 225th anniversary of her launching on 21 October. Of those original six ships that marked the birth of the U.S. Navy—the United States, Constellation, Constitution, Congress, Chesapeake, and President—the Constitution, aka 'America's Ship of State,' is the sole survivor. Their construction was authorized in the legislation entitled 'An Act to Provide a Naval Armament.' How 'Old Ironsides' got her nickname: the Constitution vs.

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