Fun fact about th USS Constitution, the US Navy maintains an entire white oak forest in Indiana just to use in the maintenance of this one ship.
It’s also a trained forest, essentially using bonsai style techniques to form specific branch points and curves that are needed for specific timbers.
Pfft that’s nothing. HMAS Melbourne was the only Australian ship to sink two friendly ships in peacetime 💪
She was just that eager to spill blood.
It’s cooler in Fallout 4. It’s crewed by robots and flies.
Also real life is a downer. Was super cramped, don’t know how they fit 100 dudes in that thing.
Also, since our taxes are keeping it floatable, would it kill them to bring it into armament parity? Swap out the guns with missile tubes, maybe an icbm tower in one of the masts?
that one unit in Civilization you forgot about and never upgraded in 500 years
Cool ship, took a tour last year
I took a tour in June of 1980. Great ship. Fun to see an old sailing vessel up close.
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