My favorite long serving ship was the Kersage. Originally a pre Dreadnought battleship and the only battleship not named for a state, she was rebuilt as a crane ship and served so long she gave up her name to an Essex class Aircraft Carrier and became the Parie State. Finally decommissioned and scrapped in the late 50's, she served for over 50 years.

Being from Philadelphia, Having the Cruiser Olympia as a museum ship, makes her my favorite old ship. I visit once a year.

I toured the Carl Vinson many years ago. I remember asking one of the marines (I think) who was overseeing the visitors, something like, "So what did Carl Vinson do? Get a bunch of money for the Navy?" The marine said, "Yup."

If we count the Coast Guard, then USCGC Eagle would be up there too. She was originally commissioned by the Nazi Kriegsmarine as the sail training ship Horst Wessel, before being captured by the US and renamed Eagle. To this day, every single officer of the US Coast Guard begins his or her training with six weeks aboard Eagle, at sea learning to operate and navigate an antiquated sailing vessel. She even occasionally goes out to foreign ports for events and such.

i KNEW connie would be at the top of the list! we've nearly lost her more than once though, but i'm glad we saved this museum of history more than once❣️. long may she sail...

I'm glad the Pueblo was mentioned. I know some of its crew. It's sad we never got it back.

USS Blue Ridge LCC-19. MY first ship when I got stationed in Yokosuka, Japan. Lots of memories!

The M Parnaíba (U-17) is a battleship monitor operated by the Brazilian Navy, built by the Rio de Janeiro Navy Arsenal and incorporated into the navy in November 1938, having participated in World War II as an escort ship. It is the oldest warship in the world serving a military role.

All hail the USS Constitution. The only American ship to rival her beauty is CV-6 USS Enterprise.

The USS Constitution is now the last ship, not retired, to fire its guns in combat.

Toured Constitution in Boston. We were on the main gun deck and after the tour our escort asked if we had any questions. I asked why the the cannons were British because they had the Royal Cypher on them. Our escort said I had sharp eyes, not many people catch that fact. The guns were part of the Royal Navy's stores and were simply put into US service. A cannon is a cannon and they were available at the time and formed the main armament of Constitution.

You should do this for the US Coast Guard. My first duty station (2000-2001) was a ship commissioned during WWII. There are still several operational vessels built in the 60's and 70's.

When I was on the USS Midway we called the Blue Ridge building 19 because it never went anywhere.

The USS Constitution. They just don't build ships like they used to. I'd say the ship builders and craftsmen at Edmund Hartt's Shipyard earned every penny.

I served on the USS Fulton AS-11 which was the oldest active duty ship at the time (1972-74) and I also served on the USS Blue Ridge LCC -19, now the oldest active ship. Not many can say this.

All USS constitution needs is a pair atomic rockets and Captain Ironsides and she will be ready for WW3 :D

In 1986 I was on the Blue Ridge from Okinawa to Mainland Japan and back for a exercise. USMC.

Us navy sailor here a bit of interesting information about amphibious ships they are called that due to the flat bottom allowing them to approach much closer to shore. Which in some areas can be less then 1 nautical mile

A popular phrase is that "Ships are safe in harbor but that's not what they are made for". I would love to see the Constitution sail more often considering what it has been through in it's history. It's completely restored and has an able crew. A tour of American ports both on the east and wast coasts including passage through the Panama Canal would be wonderful. She is a commissioned war ship. Time that this fine ship flew the stats and stripes on the high seas again.

Wow this is cool, when I was in California touring the Midway I saw this carrier, CV71, and CV 72 all docked in a row

This is an important and honest historical document. How many of you knew "Old Ironsides" (U.S.S. Constitution) is *TO THIS DAY* still an active-duty commissioned United States Navy vessel? If you ever have the opportunity to tour her ... *GRASP IT!!* The U.S.S. The Sullivans is considerably newer, but in remarkably worse condition. Constitution won't live forever. Carpe diem! Did you know why pirates are often portrayed with an eye-patch? I was about 14 or 15, living in the D.C. beltway, and had the opportunity to tour "Old Ironsides" in Baltimore, when I found out. It wasn't just pirates -- it was SOP (standard operating procedure) for *ALL* Navy personnel during high-alert daylight conditions to wear such a patch *BECAUSE* between the bleached and sanded decks, the sunlight reflecting off the canvas and the ocean, the dazzling reflection of sunlight *everygorramwhere* when you were topside, made you *completely BLIND* if you had to go belowdecks. These guys didn't lose an eye ... they preserved one if they had to go from dazzling sunlight to the gun deck and be efficient! The patch was romanticized in late 19th/early 20th-century artwork (often including a ghastly scar on the forehead and cheek), but its actual purpose was efficiency, not cosmetic vanity. The modern (WWI and later) version of the eye patch is red lighting, particularly in the surface fleet CICs (Combat Information Centers) and submarines during combat conditions. Your astronomy app on your phone probably has a "night vision" red-screen option.

My dad served on both the Carl Vinson and the Eisenhower.

Now, THAT WAS AWESOME!!! The oldest is my favorite. Well done!!! Excellent! 👍👌

I also love reading an article, saying it in front of a camera, and making it your own work.

Just found this channel. It is really awesome thanks

I was stationed on USS Carl Vinson when she was new.

Uss Nimitz CVN68 is older then the Carl Vinson and still active

Seriously? My first ship was AS-19! My last ship was CV-41! I have also admired the Blue Ridge in Yokosuka, as well as some of the mighty Tarawa class ships.

USCS Constitution is technically now a Coast Guard vessel. You also missed the USCS Eagle, which is the second oldest ship, and the only other sailing ship in US Military service. USCS Eagle has an interested history, in that she used to be a German Navy ship, built while Hitler was in charge of Germany as a training ship, that the US Navy captured in World War 2, and then commissioned as a US ship.

AHHH, Right, HMS Victory is older, but cant sail anymore. I forgot about that.

I remember being alongside all these ships except the pueblo Conny and the sub. BM1 ret.

I served onboard the Emory S Land from 2019 to 2022 as an Engineman, 2nd Class. Glad to see the old girl in some sort of spotlight

I saw the USS Blue Ridge in port in Manila a few years back. When I looked up how old the ship was my jaw dropped. If it makes it to it's planned retirement date of 2039 it will be 70 years old. The taxpayers certainly are getting their money's worth with that vessel.

1.4K Thumbs Up + Mine! 👍. Though the pinned comment isn't pertinent to the posted, digital video recording, I still enjoyed viewing the story. So, thanks for it! 🎬 ✌️😎🖖 I admit, that I was expecting the, Nimitz, to be named sooner. Also, until someone gifted a model kit of the ship to me, I didn't know about the, Carl Vinson!

I wish USS Enterprise CVN-65 was on this list

US AIRCRAFT CARRIERS are made to last 50 to 60 years.

I was part of USS Denver LPD-9's last crew, before she was decommissioned in 2014. At the time, she was the oldest active ship in the fleet, commissioned in 1968.

I worked at EB right after I got out of the Navy and saw the first hull sections come together on the Ohio. While in the Navy I never went on a ship out to sea but had a few meals on both subs and surface ships in port.

My son in law served on the Frank Cable for 18 months starting in 2012.

1st class... thankyou for sharing

Isn’t the USS Arizona still commissioned?

PROUDLY served on Mount Whitney (RM3 74-77) Vox Maris.

There was a kid in my division (he was our Recruit Yeoman), at boot camp, at RTC Great Lakes, who got assigned to the Constitution as his first duty station. How did THAT happen?! (Rhetorical question, as I'm well aware.)

Geez, I remember when the Carl Vinson went through the Suez canal for its first WESPAC. She was brand new at the time. Without having to do a wiki, I believe that was around 1982-ish? You can tell I didn't watch the video, LOL. I was on the Coral Sea at the time and was airlifted to the Carl Vinson on a "Tech Assist". Does that make me OLD?

Fun Fact: The Navy maintains a private forest of white oaks at NSA Crane, Indianna for use in repairing the USS Constitution.

What about the old USS Canopus (repair ship); it was refered to as USS canOpener. It was long in service

My father served on the frank cable many years ago

WPG/WAGC/WHEC-37, originally called USCGC Taney (/ˈtɔːni/), is a United States Coast Guard High Endurance Cutter notable as the last warship floating that fought in the attack on Pearl Harbor.[3] She was named for Roger B. Taney (1777-1864), who served as U.S. Attorney General, Secretary of the Treasury, and Chief Justice of the United States. She is also one of two Treasury-class (out of seven total) Coast Guard cutters still afloat. Active for 50 years, Taney saw action in both theaters of combat in World War II, serving as a command ship at the Battle of Okinawa, and as a fleet escort in the Atlantic and Mediterranean. She also served in the Vietnam War, taking part in Operation Market Time. Taney was also used in drug interdiction and fisheries protection work.[4] She was decommissioned in 1986, and has since served as a museum ship in the Inner Harbor of Baltimore, Maryland. She was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1988.[3] In 2020, Historic Ships in Baltimore and the Living Classrooms Foundation announced that they will remove the name Taney from the ship, in recognition of her namesake's historical acts of racial injustice, instead identifying her as simply WHEC-37.[5][6]

The USS Constitution alongside the USS Constellation was retired from Navy service in 1955. The two of them are the oldest US Ships still afloat and had the longest service in the navy.

Wait. An electrical engineer named Frank CABLE? That is so cool.

Left out YRBM-20. Commissioned in 1945, is currently based at San Diego. Went aboard in Vietnam where she serviced riverine patrol boats and Navy attack helicopters.

The Constitution is a museum ship, but one that's still owned by the US Navy. The only reason she's considered "in active service" is because she can still sail under her own power (literally, "sail"), and occasionally, she still does, with the crew even in period uniform. In 1997, during her 200th anniversary tour of the coastal ports of the US, she was escorted by the guided-missile destroyer Ramage and frigate Halyburton. Her last dry-dock refit was in 2015.

The 30-year shipbuilding plan released by the Navy in 2020 has the service reaching a fleet of 355 ships by 2049. It expects to build its active ship total to 305 by the end of 2021. This isn't 1941. WWIII will be short. Reserve ships will not play any role as it takes too long to bring up to speed and train new crews.

Shouldn't all the nimitiz class except Reagan be on this list

Ok first of all the Oldest Active Duty Ship is the USS CONSTITUTION out of Boston MA. USS NIMITZ CVN 68 is the first nuclear aircraft carrier built as such, she was preceed by USS ENTERPRISE CVN-65 however she was decommissioned and her anchors turned over to the new USS ENTERPRISE CVN 78, I beleive. But it goes Nimitz 68, EISENHOWER 69, VINSON 70, ROOSEVELT 71. Those are the Nimitz class carries.I should know I served on board USS NIMITZ CVN 68 84-87 she was my first ship, man.

Did my blueshirt training on the vinson while the lincoln was in drydock that was the first and last time i worked around S3 vikings and i saw 1 tomcat do a few launches and traps cus i worked with rhinos and the last couple of deployments with prowlers before growlers took the stage but other than that unfortonately the HMS Victory still holds the title for the oldest commissioned warship cus she was commishioned either before or after our revolutionary war the constitution and her 5 sisters were the first US naval vessels around the barbary pirate wars im not counting the continental naval vessels but yeah shes the oldest and still active id love to go see her in boston

"Ahhh, this was freedom Will!" "Bad food. Brutal discipline. No women!"

Visiting USS constitution is always cool. Last time I did she was in dry dock.

I served aboard the Carl Vinson from 1987-1992.

What happen to the USC Eagle she being around for a long time

6:06 one of my neighbors’ was on that ship when the incident happened.

Awesome!

U.S navy rules the waves forever

Great Video. Thanks.

I thought the Constellation was also still on the books.

The world's oldest naval ship still in commission is HMS Victory , Admiral Lord Nelson's flagship at the battle of Trafalgar 21st oct 1805 . She was laid down in 1759 and launched in 1765 , however the USS Constitution is the oldest still afloat

I wondered why there was no mention of 'Eagle'. It is not a US Navy ship. I thought it might have been because of it's origin as a war trophy.

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I'm having a Mandela moment I could swear the original ohio-class Flagship was retired thanks for the video

Where is CVN68? Nimitz isn't active?

0:58 *Desert Storm

3:16 Nice

6:58 what about HMS Victory?

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Our museum fleet is the second largest navy

You guys forgot MTS 626

The USS. Nimitz is still active and not scheduled to retire until 2027 and is older the the Carl Vinson. The data for this video is not entirely correct.

What is a rah-JISS-ter? Who is Ah-samma-BIN-lidden?

It’s been 42 years since a submarine sank a surface ship in combat (Falklands War)

My Step dad Served on Dwight D. Eisenhower during the Gulf war.

How about SS Curtiss (T-AVB-4).. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Curtiss_(T-AVB-4)

While on the list as an active ship the USS Constitution's status is more ceremonial. Now if we go by battle stars I wonder how many of these ships can beat the two that the Great Lakes freighter the Lee A Tregurtha which were earn as the USS Chiwawa in WWII.

Wasn't the Iowa class can be considered as in service?

Where is the battleship texas of the us

When you realize a thread has been co-opted by bit coin and alternate income and investment nuts.

IF you are gonna include the USS Pueblo.. You also need to include the USS Arizona. I do believe it is still on the active list. I'd just remove Pueblo. Makes more sense.

With regards to constitution i think you used a play of words by adding "still afloat" . I think hms victory is more impressive laid down in 1759 and commissioned in 1778. She is the worlds oldest commioned warship and flagship. Although not afloat she is in dry dock to ensure her condition for future generations. She also carried 106 guns vs a mere 44 of constitution

Would have been nice if you could have used a narrator that could speak clear "American English".

Blue Ridge sailor here she's older than Whitney. Now fight me

The uss constitution isn’t the oldest ship still afloat I think you’ll find that is the HMS victory.

Constitution is also the only current American warship that has sunk another ship with naval gunfire

IX21 !

She/He Replaced Older Equipment Since When We Can Use Those For None Human

You say the one the N. Koreans got had been a Coast Guard ship used to train civilians for the Army? I have some questions. Why would the US Army train civilians rater than army personnel? Why would the Coast Guard be doing the training for another service? And why would people training for the US army - a land force - be doing so aboard a ship? This makes no sense.

What about the Pueblo?

Dessert strike?😂

Every gangsta until the uss constitution sails out of Boston

*THE CONSTITUTION IS RIGGED!!* 7:23

Send USS Constitution to South China Sea to scare off thr chinese 😎

"Double S gn" Really?