I worked for a company that booked the Constitution for a company party. I spent most of that party time wandering around the ship on my own. Best time ever.

One of the most beautiful ship that ever sailed. ♥️🇺🇸💙

Just to clarify, the oldest commissioned warship is HMS Victory, flagship of Admiral Lord Nelson and currently flying the flag of CinC fleet Royal Navy in Portsmouth Hants, UK. Constitution is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat! Long May both ships stay around to honour their countries naval services.

The oldest commissioned warship in the world is HMS Victory, flagship of the First Sea Lord of the Royal Navy, launched in 1765, 32 years before USS Constitution, although Victory has been in dry dock for a long time and Constitution is afloat, both have been in constant commission since their respective launches.

Navy yard in Charlestown Boston. They used to make the rope for the ship's right there . I believe the building that made the rope was a couple football fields long

Great to see this tour of a classic ship. Good job.

Glad to see you do a video about the War of 1812. More 1812!

These past few videos have been brilliant! The production is on point. Very interesting refresher of history for myself. Very much appreciated Semper FI

That was a wonderful tour of a great ship. The tour guide was so informative!

Old Ironsides was a field trip every year growing up in Boston, don't think I appreciated it as much then as I would going back now.

If the navy was looking to cash in on the Constitution, I'd bet sailing it around the US (possibly the world) would attract millions. How awesome would it be to see this vessel cruising into your port...

Went aboard Constitution back in 2000. That and walking the decks of USS Cassin Young (a WW2 Fletcher Class DD just a short walk across the Yard) made for a very memorable day.

That was great! You guys should do more War of 1812 videos. It often gets forgotten about.

Great video Chris! They must have cut out the part where you were swabbing the deck! 🤣

This is by far the best stuff you guys have produced in 4 years. Keep doing this.

Its crazy to think this ship has never been decommissioned. I love it!

Hey this was a very good episode very well put together. I haven't been to see this and it's amazing how much inside looks similar to newer ships

My wife and i visited the ship in the late 90.s

Seen this before. Very good tour of old Iron Sides. 💯

This was awesome. Thanks for sharing

Excellent - thank you!

Fantastic

This was amazing! Very jealous you got to go do that as it's a dream of mine to visit this ship and have a tour.

World's Oldest Commissioned Warship Still Afloat* HMS Victory is the world's oldest commissioned warship

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cool boat, I toured it when I was a kid, back when it was still on active duty and such

Note...muzzle loading canon( ( 24 pounder) is about thousand yrds...smaller guns less; may get more than a day to sail into position to engage the enemy @ 3-4 knots.want to have the weather guage,so as to come up behind other vessel n dump a broadside unto the transom,rudder...

How does a mass communication sailor get assigned to a wooden ship? What qualifications do you need for this duty?

Dearest Cousins, what this old sea dog doesn't mention is that all the guns on USS Constitution are British guns i.e you will see the Royal Arms on each of them, something I noticed and mentioned when I visited this great ship in Sept 2023. I discovered the reason was, it underwent a major refurb in the early 1900's. The guy responsible for getting a load of guns cast for it in Boston made a big mistake as they were cast from old British Royal Naval moulds.....as he'd now spent all the money, these guns were therefore fitted. Sorry, but as a British this did give me a bit of a smile. 🇺🇸 🇬🇧😁👍

I was awarded a Navy Letter of Commendation aboard Constitution while my ship was in Drydock in Boston.

I just realized they use breech loaded signal charges . Did they modify the original guns or recast new barrels?

Great ship in a very young Navy

Beautiful ship and the only vessel in the navy with enemy sinkage I think 5

If I were a brithish and I came across this beast, I'd run!

I believe victory is the oldest

Winter uniform should be deep blue. 'Iron side' means " wooden ship iron hand "...in future super magnetic rail weapon come only wooden survive

A ship saved by a poem. A poem that used irony: Aye, tear her tattered ensign down! Long has it waved on high ... O, better that her tattered hulk Should sink beneath the waves Her thunder shook the mighty deep And there should be her grave --Oliver Wendell Holmes

My post was taken down. I have a book title The Geography of New Jersey 1919 it contains an account of U.S.S. Constitution arriving at Sandy Hook New Jersey. There are four New Jersey men given by name and town. On the opposite page is New Jersey Gazette giving the account of the skirmish with HMS JAVA. Living in New Jersey all my life I have never heard of The Battle at Sandy Hook 1812 - including a news account. Four New Jersey men joined The Constitution and their names are names of towns and villes in New Jersey. I have read the hourly log of the Constitution during 1812 and wonder if the ship came into Sandy Hook for water and supplies. After all the man in command was from Princeton. Has anyone heard this story before?

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i thought the scuttle butt was were british sailors got their rum ration

* AMERICA'S oldest commissioned warship ;) Alternately: The oldest commissioned warship still in the water and capable of getting underway (when they put the masts and sails back on)

Hardtack harder than the boat's sides🤣🤣🤣🤣

Expecially? Really, Mass Communication Specialist Second Class?

BOW chasers cannot stand on the aft deck, good grief. Those are the two guns in the FRONT of the ship if they're found on the afterdeck, they're STERNchasers, like the butt of the boat.

So thats what a "butt load" means

Sorry USA, ‘The USS Constitution,’ is not the oldest commissioned war ship. Yes it’s the Oldest Floating, commissioned warship. But the OLDEST COMMISSIONED WAR SHIP IS, “HMS VICTORY” The “FIRST SEA LORDS, FLAGSHIP.”

Dear god. The word is, "versus," not, "verse." Read, people. Read English

Anyone who claims the HMS victory is a ship is wrong. It is a building. It has not been in the water for over a hundred years.

Sailor talks a lot with his hands. Needs to be dealt with

HMS Victory can claim all it wants, but the dictionary definition of "commission" - "bring (a warship) into readiness for ACTIVE service". Sorry, I fully respect her importance in history, but as soon as Victory was pulled from the water, she was, by definition, de-commissioned... don't care what anyone says on the matter.