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The Providence Journal3y
Naval War College's centuries-old anchor weighing over 11,000 pounds to be restored
At the War College before it was moved, the weight of the anchor from the USS Constellation, a sloop-of-war built in 1855, was estimated at 6,000 pounds. But the crane weighed it at 10,000 pounds ...
The New York Times4mon
The New United States Sloop-of-War.
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Seattle Times15y
‘Warship Under Sail’: a sloop of war on a hard-edged Northwestern frontier
On Oct. 4, 1855, a U.S. Navy sloop of war, the Decatur, sailed into Elliott Bay to defend Washington Territory against attacks by “Northern Indians.” By late January, a conflict, dubbed “The ...
The Baltimore Sun3y
Memoir fills out Constellation’s history Flagship: A newfound account records the sloop of war’s distinguished service in fighting the slave trade off Africa.
But you have to tell the story.” The Constellation sailed for Africa in July 1859. A sloop of war, it was built at Virginia’s Gosport Navy Yard in 1854 to replace the old frigate Constellation ...
The Baltimore Sun6y
Constellation send-off Warship: The venerable sloop of war ventured safely from the Inner Harbor to Locust Point for desperately needed repairs.
“I’m going to miss this every morning.” Built in 1854, the sloop of war fought the slave trade off West Africa in the 1850s. It served in the Civil War, protecting Union shipping from ...