A REVIEW OF OLDIRONSIDE

But one month afterwards, she met with one of these once again -- the frigate Guerriere. The British ship fired the primary shot from the famous battle; 20 minutes later, Guerriere was a dismasted hulk, so badly damaged that she was not really worth towing to port.Since the development from the US Naval Academy in 1845, there had been a increasing

As early as 1991, Commander David Cashman had suggested that Structure really should sail to rejoice her 200th anniversary in 1997 instead of being towed. The proposal was permitted, while it was thought to be a substantial endeavor since she had not sailed in around one hundred decades.off Brazil on December 29. A British shot wrecked her helm, b