WHAT DOES OLD IRONSIDE MEAN?

Constitution in the chase Structure was recommissioned in December with Captain John Rodgers once again taking command to supervise A serious refitting. It was overhauled at a price just below $a hundred,000; having said that, Rodgers inexplicably did not thoroughly clean her copper sheathing, main him to later on declare her a "slow sailer".But a

Structure was becalmed and struggling to run through the 5 British ships, but Hull acted on the suggestion from his First Lieutenant Charles Morris. He purchased the crew To place boats above the side to tow the ship from vary, utilizing kedge anchors to draw the ship ahead and wetting the sails to benefit from just about every breath of wind.[one