Old Ironsides: Eagle of the Sea - The Story of the USS Constitution,9781589791602

Old Ironsides: Eagle of the Sea - The Story of the USS Constitution

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ISBN13: 9781589791602
ISBN10: 1589791606
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2005-02-28
Publisher(s): Natl Book Network
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Summary

This is the story of the oldest warship afloat in the world, the venerable frigate U.S.S. Constitution, Later used as a training ship and for goodwill tours around the globe, the ship was brought to Boston and restored, whete it remains today as a floating museum.

Table of Contents

Foreword,
Howard Chatterton
xi
Preface xv
Acknowledgments xvi
Chronology xix
Chapter 1 Days of Sail 1(20)
Wooden Walls against the Sea
Plans, Drawings, Measurements, and Mishaps
Dimensions
Shipwrights and Wood
Skilled Workmen
Caulkers and Painters
Smiths
Anchors
Rope Makers
Rope Making
Decks for the Crew, Supplies, and Guns
The Business End-Gun Deck
Smashers
Split Deck
Limits of the Dockyards
Chapter 2 Early Days of the United States Navy 21(26)
Masts
Launch Days
Make Ready to Sail
Trade Winds, Highway on the Sea
Passat
Ocean Currents
In the Doldrums
Yards, Yardarms, and Their Sails
Sail Making
Square Sails
Staysails
Running Rigging
The Crew
Under Way at Long Last into the Quasi War with France
The First Frenchman
Nicholson's Foolish Notion
A Bright Day for the Crew
It Is Possible to Go Downhill at Sea
All Commanders Are "Captains" but Only Some Commanders Are Captains
Living Conditions
Crewmen
A Day in the Life of a Sailor at Sea
Watch Makeup
Making Sail
Chapter 3 The Elements of Sea Power 47(22)
The Application of Mahan's Principles
Geographical Position and Physical Conformation
Extent of Territory: The Confederate States of America and Sea Power
Modern China
Sailors within the Population
Character of the People or Natural Charter
Character of the Government
Sea Power in Defense
The Nation Must Be Committed
The United States of America and Sea Power in 1812
Population
Government's Role
Chapter 4 Caribbean Capers and the Barbary Pirates 69(26)
At Sea on Station
April of 1800: A Little Action, at Long Last
Millions for Defense, Not One Cent for Tribute
Out of Ordinary with a New Skipper
Enter...Stephen Decatur
The Summer of Discontent in Tripoli, 1804
Preble Presses On
The Fleet Takes a Breather
Commodore Preble's Last Trick
Relief and Relieved
Captain John Rodgers Assumes Command
Time Out, while the Marine Corps Steps Up
Rodgers's Independent Action
The Leopard Prevents the Eagle of the Sea from Returning
Navigation
Early History of Navigation
Speed, Distance, and Measurement
Direction
Compass Reading
Maps and Charts
Navigation: The Art of Going Where You Want to Go without Endangering the Ship
Navigators' Means and Methods
What Does Mathematics Have to Do with Being Lost at Sea?
Longitude: The Story of an Englishman and an American
The Lunar Distance Method
There Must Be Another Way
Enter the English Carpenter
The American Navigator
Chapter 5 Intolerable Grievances Lead to War in 1812 95(24)
The Troubles in Europe
They Called Him the Ogre
A Close-Run Thing
America's Quasi War with Revolutionary France
President Jefferson's Blind Spot
Expensive and Dangerous
Royal Navy at War Meant Impressment
HMS Leopard versus USS Chesapeake
Mr. Jefferson's Solution
Napoleon's Unsettling Strategy
French Privateers
Privateers or Just Plain Pirates?
America Was Making a Killing, as Long as the Politicians Stayed Out of Commerce
What to Do with the Prisoners
1811: Arrogance of the Royal Navy
War in 1812
Impressment
England versus America
American Privateering, or Just Plain Pirates?
A Chilling Account of American Activity
Chapter 6 The War of 1812 Begins 119(26)
Call in the Expert
Sailors Become Uniform
A New Captain Takes the Constitution to War
Boredom Bred Bad Behavior
War Was About to Inject Reality
Some of the First "Few Good Men": The United States Marine Corps
Going to Sea
Very Nearly First Blood
The Mirror Image
Know Your Enemy
England's Forty Thieves
The Difference in Design
The Captain Was Fixing for a Fight
A Meeting Engagement: The Constitution versus the Guerriere
Idlers No Longer Idle
The Royal Navy Perspective
England Expects
Close With and Kill
The Words of the American Commander
Other English Opinions, So to Speak
Chapter 7 England's Worst Nightmare 145(22)
A Great Day for the Navy but Not the Army
Ironsides, the One and Only
Captain William Bainbridge Assumes Command
Black Sky and White Water
Messengers
Signals at Sea
Codebooks
Gale
Sea Conditions
Two More Victories for the American Navy
The Java versus the Constitution
Royal Navy Account
London Times, April 15, 1813
Defeated Captain's Last Request
London Times, March 20, 1813
Deafeated Captain's Last Request
London Times, March 20, 1813
American Frigate Victories Altered the Royal Navy
Avoid Contact
The Turning of the Tide of War
New Idea: French Razors
Chapter 8 The Battle that Never Was: USS Constitution versus HMS Trincomalee 167(24)
Trincomalee
India
Ships Made in India
On Board the Indiaman
British Blockade America, 1813
The Turning Point
The Heavy Press of Blockade
Englishmen Turn Their Attention to America
HMS Shannon versus USS Chesapeake
Land Campaign in North America
On the Lakes
Oliver Hazard Perry
Captain Charles Stewart, Commanding
The Exciting Start of Spring of 1814
Meanwhile, England's Ordeal Was Ended
Lake Champlain, the Largest and Most Decisive Battle of the War
America Saved from Invasion on 9/11/1814
Peace Treaty of Ghent
Blockade Runner
HMS Cyane and Levant versus USS Constitution
Two Against One
Chapter 9 The Last Act of the War of 1812 191(20)
Arguing among Themselves
Peace and the United States Navy
Back to the Mediterranean
Side-Wheeler
The Hero of Lake Champlain
Boston: "That Is Our Ship"
A Further Survey
The Navy Surrenders to the People
Diplomatic Transportation
Around the Horn
On Station on the Peaceful Pacific
Transition Is Never Easy
New Era and the Naval Academy
Royal Visit
Mediterranean
Pope on Board
Slave Trade
Civil War Duty at the Academy
President Lincoln's Navy
A Narrow Escape
Fortune Smiles Once Again
Iron Ships and Iron Men
Civil War Ends
The Second Hundred Years of the United States
Medals of Honor
New Role
A Good Citizen Steps Forward
Boston Men Save the Ship
Chapter 10 America's Treasure 211(20)
The Constitution's Happiest Birthday
The Age of Reconstruction and Restoration
The Women of Massachusetts Pick Up the Banner
1927: Restoration Work Begins
The Jackson Figurehead Reappears
History Repeated
What to Do with a Movable Monument?
Under Way, July 2, 1931
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
President Eisenhower
1992: Only Five Years to Her 200th Birthday
They Said It Couldn't Be Done
Battle Sails
Free at Last
A Most Fortunate Call
George Washington Saw This Ship
Appendix 1: United States Navy 231(6)
Appendix 2: Great Britain's Royal Navy 237(4)
Appendix 3: Sayings and Sea Lore 241(2)
Notes 243(10)
Glossary 253(10)
Selected Bibliography 263(4)
Index 267(14)
About the Author 281

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