Feb. 14, 2015

USS Constitution's Affair to Remember with Lovely Ann

There were no boxes of chocolates or roses for the crew of USS Constitution as Valentine's Day rolled around in 1814. But when the day was over, they were awash with lumber, fish, and flour - spoils from an engagement with a British merchantman named Lovely Ann. On that Feb. 14, USS Constitution's wooden hull was a figuratively green

Aug. 19, 2014

USS Constitution: Presence Then, Presence Now

The Chief of Naval Operations Guiding Principles (Warfighting First, Operate Forward, Be Ready) were as important and applicable to the early chapters of our Navy's history as they are today. In the months leading up to our declaration of war against Great Britain, Captain Isaac Hull personally witnessed the rising tension between our Navy and the