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[-] ButtDrugs@lemm.ee 78 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Fun fact about th USS Constitution, the US Navy maintains an entire white oak forest in Indiana just to use in the maintenance of this one ship.

[-] Kingofthezyx@lemm.ee 18 points 10 months ago

That actually is a very fun fact.

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[-] GraniteM@lemmy.world 35 points 10 months ago
[-] Agent641@lemmy.world 33 points 10 months ago

Pfft that's nothing. HMAS Melbourne was the only Australian ship to sink two friendly ships in peacetime 💪

She was just that eager to spill blood.

[-] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 8 points 10 months ago

Metal as fuck

[-] Etterra@lemmy.world 31 points 10 months ago

It's cooler in Fallout 4. It's crewed by robots and flies.

[-] Coasting0942@reddthat.com 11 points 10 months ago

Also real life is a downer. Was super cramped, don’t know how they fit 100 dudes in that thing.

Also, since our taxes are keeping it floatable, would it kill them to bring it into armament parity? Swap out the guns with missile tubes, maybe an icbm tower in one of the masts?

[-] setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

Are M134 chaser guns too much to ask for?

[-] kautau@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

CIWS on that baby or bust

[-] hades@lemm.ee 24 points 10 months ago

that one unit in Civilization you forgot about and never upgraded in 500 years

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[-] instamat@lemmy.world 19 points 10 months ago

USS Constitution April 2022

Cool ship, took a tour last year

[-] instamat@lemmy.world 16 points 10 months ago
[-] Agent641@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

Men only want one thing and it's ~~disgusting~~ beautiful

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[-] Rocketpoweredgorilla@lemmy.ca 18 points 10 months ago

I have a 3ft model of the constitution in a box that I've been meaning to put together for about 10 years now... but cats.

Maybe someday I'll have a spot to put it together in peace.

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[-] canis_majoris@lemmy.ca 18 points 10 months ago

That looks rad!

[-] Something_Complex@lemmy.world 17 points 10 months ago

Oldest American naval warship still afloat....

[-] setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago

Or any nation as far as sources I have list.

[-] Something_Complex@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

Apparently there is this uge differwncw about where you storage them. The only reason some portugues and British ships aren't the oldest sailing vessels is because we keep them in museums. Yhe but they are still in comission, sooo idk I guess we where both right depending how you frase it.

So, while the USS Constitution is the oldest naval vessel still afloat, the HMS Victory holds the record for the oldest naval vessel still in commission. Both ships are significant historical artifacts and serve as museum ships, commemorating important eras in naval history.

[-] soggy_kitty@sopuli.xyz 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Although HMS victory is the oldest naval vessel in comission, she's got 3 decades on the old girl

[-] kandoh@reddthat.com 10 points 10 months ago

What's the shitter look like?

[-] setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago

None to speak of. Poop was slammed off the sides.

[-] thallamabond@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago

Both wrong and right

https://ussconstitutionmuseum.org/2014/01/18/head-lines/

Hilarious title, 'Head Lines'

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[-] fluxion@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

So old it's still grayscale

[-] AlexisFR@jlai.lu 6 points 10 months ago

Does it still sail, tough? I know the French analog, the Hermione, does.

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[-] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 4 points 10 months ago

I'm guessing she's having some work done to the rigging? Not a yard on her.

[-] specfreq@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

I wonder what happened to the USS Charisma

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