USS Constitution Day!!

[JamesG161]

Happy Birthday!!

From Navy Jim...

 

[jssailem]

Happy Birthday, Old Iron Sides (Navy Jim that is).

 

[Indysailor]

Huzzah!

Fun fact, her "iron sides" are maintained by mature white oak sourced from land within Crane Naval Surface Warfare Center, down here in the rugged, untillable Norman Uplands region of Southern Indiana. That's right, a naval base in Indiana.

The Indiana forest that keeps the USS Constitution afloat

 

[Will Gilmore]

"Ironside", I remember that show.

Thanks Raymon Burr... Ah... Jim.

 

[kappykaplan]

Fun fact, her "iron sides" are maintained by mature white oak sourced from land within Crane Naval Surface Warfare Center, down here in the rugged, untillable Norman Uplands region of Southern Indiana. That's right, a naval base in Indiana.

Read about this a few weeks back. Very interesting!