America's Last Sailing Warship: USS Constellation from US Civil War 1854
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- Опубликовано: 23 май 2024
- Joshua Hanlon is joined by Brian Auer for a tour of the last American sailing ship ever built: USS Constellation.
Info for visiting can be found on the Historic Ships in Baltimore website: historicships.org/
My Grandfather sailed on the Constellation in 1897 his discharge papers stated that he was Honest, Trustworthy and Sober. I took my family to Baltimore in 1996 to see the ship, it was 104 degrees that day. It marked 4 generations of boys in my family that walked her decks!
Amazing. I love the continuity of the traditions of thw USN. My grandfather served in WW2 (and Korea, and Vietnam- through 1969), and the most interesting document i have from his service was from when he first crossed the line in 1942, and the Pollywogs had to attend King Neptune's Court and drunk seawater to become Shellbacks... Even in wartime...
I think an attenuated version of that ceremony (minus the rough hazing: kissing the bosun's belly, etc) still happens.
You my friend are one of the luckiest people in the world! I would give anything to be in your shoes!
Thats incredible , what history is really about when its part of your family .👍
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Sounds good 👍. Way to go and own it above the rest of us. We feel excluded now and think its just a boat homies 😔
A boat with a mysterious past that nobody knows about!
48% original wood is IMPRESSIVE! I served in USS CONSTITUTION as the XO during 2013-2015 and the estimates of original wood depends on who you ask. In the case of Old Ironsides, the estimates of wood original to 1797 is really dependant on who you ask. The breasthooks and sternhooks are original. The entire keel is original. The answer you get depends on who you ask. I personally think 15% since the ship has never been disassembled and the live oak frames tend to hold up well, especially in seawater. The aforementioned breasthooks and sternhooks are original and they are dry since they're inside the hull.
The USS Constitution is still in service in the Navy. She and the Arizona were the oldest in the Navy. Arizona was decommissioned recently, so they can name a new nuclear submarine
the Arizona was decommissioned on the 29th of December 1941
Next USS Arizona will be a submarine.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Arizona_(SSN-803)
You were very polite in your assessment of the amount of original wood on the Constellation. I have seen reports and previous interviews stating in the 12% to 15% range as well.
Old Ironside is a Beast. The oldest ship on active service.
I was just on this ship in Baltimore Harbor. The wife kids bored to tears as i was exploring every square inch.
You can go down to the ballast holds and see the original ballast and ship framing.
Talk about "living history".
Top-Notch Guide with Concise, uncomplicated explanations.
I toured Constellation way back in 1975, she was looking pretty rough at the time. She was badly hogged and leaking badly. Her bow and stern really did sit visibly much lower to the water than her midships section by 3 or 4 feet. Part of the ballast along the keel was stone, it had the look of river gravel (rounded stones.) They actually had steel cables wrapped around part of the hull to hold her together and pumps running 24/7 to keep her from sinking at her berth. I understand that when she was finally moved from her berth to a drydock on the other side of the harbor in 1995 she almost sank while under tow. She obviously wasn't well cared for up to that point.
It's good to see that she's being well taken care of now. She's a beautiful ship.
The title is misleading, but the narrator clarifies by saying that USS Constellation was the last fighting tall ship BUILT for the U.S. Navy. He doesn't say it is the last one afloat as most of us are familiar with her older and more famous predecessor USS Constitution. USS Niagara is still afloat as well. She is a fast and beautiful 6th rate built in the same period.
I literally signed on to make the same point. Plus the USS Constitution is in active duty and pre civil war and served then too. She also was the third ship of the name as the first Constellation was not US built but a prize of war renamed during the first Barbary war. While it may be an interesting video they need to proofread better. BTW The Constitution is the only currently active US warship to sink an enemy ship in her career.
@@charlesmaurer6214 I love that the Constitution is sill on active duty and didn't know the part about that last bit you mentioned.
I stand corrected
Exactly... the constitution set sail in Oct. 1797 and is the oldest floating commissioned vessel... and the navy has 53,000 acres of woods in Indiana just to repair it, when they did a major restoration in the mid 1970's they realized there was a shortage of white oak and did something about it
I made a dpnation to the ship, about 60 years ago, as a member of the USS Constellation CVA 64. Good to see the girl is still Live. BRAVO ZULU.
This Guy is impressive in his knowledge to talk all important points. He knows his stuff.
@@atlasmasterdmind4070 except that he’s wrong. Lmao.
Show up.
Be nice.
and KNOW YOUR STUFF!!!
Follow those three little rules and your odds of being successful go way up there.
Truly OUTSTANDING presentation! Thank you!
I binged every video with this gentleman. Very knowledgeable and easy to listen to!
This is absolutely amazing!!! Blown away...
The best tour of an old ship I’ve ever seen 👍
My paternal grandfather's navy discharge paper indicated he did initial training on USS Constellation in 1911 before joining the crew of USS Florida.
He fought in Vera Cruz as a member of "Florida's Battalion" in w 1914. He remarried to a younger woman, so my dad was born in 1950 and I was born in 1973.
I lost the 1942 reissue of the 1916 discharge paper in hurricane Katrina. John "Jack" Joseph O'Connor, born 1893 in Kearney, NJ. That was my paternal grandmother.
Grandfather, spell check and auto fill mess up alot.....😆
The only form of democracy in the Old Navy (not the store, huh?) was in the gun crews. a typical gun crew would eat together. Each week, a gun crew of 14-15 Sailors would vote and elect a mess cook. This tradition exists to this very day. We typically assign the new check-in for 60-90 days as a Food Service Attendant (FSA). When I got commissioned in 2001, we called them, "Mess Cranks." It was actually decent duty because they were in a reasonable watch rotation, could eat more, and not on an assigned watch bill.
On the topic of eating, and this dates back to the Age of Sail, I once monthly had to review the inventory of food we bought versus food we ate and ensure we were within CENTS of our allotted budget versus what we actually bought. The Navy ensures each Sailor gets their allotted amount of food and on a monthly basis, we account for it. This is why, to this very day, the end-of-the-month meals often include Ice Cream Night, Surf and Turf, and Sunday Brunch. They give us money to feed the ship's company and every last cent needs to be recorded as being offered to all hands.
Wonderful tour.
I never realized that A ship like this has survived because it was not in much combat and was a training vessel and that is why it has survived so long.
Yeah, generally the ones that were used the least are the ones easiest to restore. Though it’s a bit unfair to say Constellation was only a training ship; she was quite successful in her time enforcing the ban on the importation of slaves, spent some time on the Union blockade of the Confederacy, and notably spent some time hunting Confederate raiders in the Mediterranean, which included taking part in the surrender of the CSS Sumpter
I went on this ship in the 90s. I'm 6'4". I was constantly leaning forward to avoid bonking by my head. People must have been short when this was built.
Wonderful tour of the ship. Thank you for sharing it!
I learned so much! We in Maryland are so fortunate to have such a National Treasure! Well done on this video.
Fell's Point and Brown's Wharf were major ship building areas back in the day.
Thank you so much! The curator is amazing, kudos to him! An absolute delight to listen to him. Thank you for the dedication!
Thank you for the awesome tour, it was very informative
This is really great!
Great job, this is a fantastic tour! Re the captain's head, it reminds me of medieval castle garderobes which look like fancy ornaments but are just projecting the pooper out beyond the wall, for obvious reasons 🤐🤐
Great tour and lecture, one of the best I've ever seen
I'm glad he spoke of the controversy re: which ship it actually is, because when I was a kid and would visit it, we were always told that it was the frigate. Decades later, I brought my kids there when we were on vacation, and was confused to find that it was not the same ship I thought it was, and there was no real explanation given.
Fantastic talk! Very informative.
Loved this one! beautiful nature nicely captured! Huumori oli bonusta !!!
That tour guide was INCREDIBLY dismissive of splinter wounds in the Age of Sail. Razor sharp shards of very heavy, dense wood flying at supersonic speeds wouldn't just cause injuries that require a band-aid. People were dismembered, disemboweled, and decapitated by splinters caused by solid iron shot. To say nothing of infections that occurred after injuries.
He’s not a very well informed tour guide. Much of what he says is not accurate. You are correct about the casualties caused by splinters. They were often quite large and caused serious injuries and deaths. He said the Captain’s cabin and the officers “wardrooms” were aft. What he meant was the officers staterooms. The wardroom was the officers dining area.
youre a nerd
Brian Aur is an amazing expert and guide with these ships!
The most contradicting and unrealistic guys I've ever seen in the industry. Incredibly pathetic
My Great Grandfather served on the Constellation. I have his discharge certificate. It states he was of Ruddy complexion with Ship on Chest.
Wow! What a great bit of family history! I hope you visit the USS Constellation. Imagine how compelling it must be to stand on the very ship your Great Grandfather served on.
*uss constitution*
"AM I A JOKE TO YOU?!"
I'm always so taken aback when I hear the legendary Joshua Hanlon narrating over my ship tour videos because I'm hard-wired to hear his voice opening a beyond the brick episode 🤣
You're a good man, Dan. Screw the haters, who don't do a quarter of what you do. Be at peace, sir!!😊
It's called the "Quarter Gallery." The CO sleeps on the starboard side because it is the burdened side. It's an ancient convention of discerning right of way that is codified to this day in the Collision Regulations, also known as the COLREGS, or Rules of the Road. When we navigate ships, or any vessel for that matter, the ship coming from starboard has the right of way. Thus the CO sleeps on the starboard side so if he gets awoken, he can see out the window how a risk of collision exists.
I imagine those on duty would be extra attentive and careful to avoid a negligent collision if they know the people most affected by it, and most likely to witness it, will be the people in charge that have the authority and capacity to ruin your whole day.
That was awesome. Thanks for the upload
Great tour and your ship has always been on my list to visit
Thank you so much. I love older sailing ships. I built the Constitution model twice. (with and without sails, the big one) I learned many new things from this vid. thank you
Thank you so much for walk through of that wonderful sailing ship with history 😊
Great tour guide.
Excellent video. Thank you. 🔥
What a pleasure to learn the answers regarding the hardware and procedures on sailing ships! Mr. Auer is really clear and quick with explanations and many interesting bits of history. Educational credits should be given for watching this one.
Mr. Auer? Joshua Hanlon? Which one is which? Whichever one is the host, he did a good job by keeping quiet and letting the other person talk with interruption.
Watched all of your video tours and very much enjoyed them! I live in Pennsylvania and will definitely stop by the Baltimore Inner Harbour to see these ships in-person. THANK YOU for such a great series!
Than you for doing this! VERY interesting!
Excellent video, very informative. Thank you.
WooW! That’s impressive that this was a Civil War vessel and interesting that it was not used much use in the war. That is interesting that it was a training ship and that is why it survived.
I took the tour of this ship many years ago. As a rather short person, I was surprised that even I had height concerns on the lower decks. In the bilge, there were gobble stones. They were used as ballast. Many of the streets back then were paved with these stones. A very bumpy ride back then. As a kid, I remember some of the streets in the older part of the city were paved with these stones.
Cobble stones.
Great tour! Good job on the video and the historian's knowledge is incredible. I could listen to him for hours.
Awesome tour and a Fantastic Curator……..
I reenacted the Constellation in the late 90’s with Larry Bopp. Thanks for clearing up so many questions we had about its age, construction, and history. Jim Garner
This guy is awesome!
Thanks again for all your hard work on this project 👍🏻
Excellent content Many thanks
Brian is a modern marvel himself! This guy is amazing 👏🏼
I'm planning a trip to go see him soon if anyone has any connections
I like the insights of saying even though it did not see much action it is a ship that saw a lot in the Mediterranean or doing the Slave Trade. Love the context of saying the crew saw a lot even if it was not much combat.
Great job what a interesting tour
The Constellation does not sail anymore as far as I know. Thanks for the tour. I lived in Baltimore for several years and have been on this ship.
Great Presentation .
The US Navy needs at least 2 sail training ships like the constellation. One for each coast. Three would be nice. Do you know the USCG Eagle can make over 16 knots under full sail.
I did a retirement ceremony on that ship in 2015. It’s was a cool experience!
My great grandmother took me on board probably 20 times or more. I ended up joining the Navy and now live on a sailboat. Must have made an impression on me.
While Lord Nelson died at Trafalgar, and by all counts what he did was considered reckless, he knew that the other fleet was a combined Franco-Spanish fleet. Nelson counted on splitting the Franco-Spanish fleet and also on the superior C2 capability that the RN possessed. It worked. That's why the Royal Navy won, even though Nelson lived just long enough to learn he had won. ""Thank God I have done my duty," were Lord Nelson's last words. Raise a glass each 21 October!
While stationed in England (USAF '77 to '86 ) I toured the HMS Victory twice! A Magnificent Warship!
Watching 2nd video from this miniseries and as an European, Baltimore got to my bucket list for west coast trip 😊
Thank you for covering the Constellation- The Constitution gets almost the press and RUclips content, vis. the oldest preserved US ships, and thus is relatively unknown (to non naval nerds like myself, anyway!).
I enjoy this channel, especially the long-form content that isn't available elsewhere (without visiting the ships, anyway.)
Cheers!
You are such a great guy
I'm so glad that I know why speed is measured in "knots" now.
Sorry, I comment in real time as I watch these. The Historian explained it right!
When I was a preteen this ship was brought to Baltimore mischaracterized as a sister ship to the Constitution in Boston, and was promoted as such for decades. It probably wouldn't be here without the original deception.
I'm a sailor on the 26-gun of 12-pdr French frigate l'Hermione (replica) and I'm still very impressed by this type of ship. She's a beautiful frigate, well done for keeping her.
From reading Patrick O'Brien I learned that the Hermione became HMS Surprise in English service and was famously fast. The replica ship HMS Rose, famous for bringing in the Dread Pirate Roberts, used to be based in Connecticut but moved to the west coast and assumed the name Surprise following the Russell Crowe movie.
@@hallmobility That's not quite true. HMS Surprise was a French frigate, but not l'Hermione, which was the Unité. It was more a sloop of war than a frigate.
L'Hermione was launched in 1779 and sank in 1793 in France due to a bad pilot. The frigate crashed on the rocks known as the Plateau du Four. It is on the replica of this frigate that I sail. l'Hermione is much bigger than the HMS Surprise.
Don't hesitate to read Richard Bolitho's adventures! They're exceptional! There are also the adventures of Hornblower, fantastic!
@@ms-lazuli7435 Thank you for that! My account comes from the Patrick O'Brien series featuring Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin as main characters. Or my recollection of them. I have also read nearly all of C.S. Forester's Hornblower series, and one novel featuring Richard Bolitho. I actually started an alternative history based on the assumption that the war of 1812 begins in 1807, after the actual cassus bellum of HMS Leopard firing on USS Chesapeake. But while those sorts of books filled my boyhood, they are not the fashion now. It must be challenging sailing a square rigger. My sailing has been mainly racing in dinghies and keelboats. I still have my Thistle.
Visited the Inner Harbor and the ships there late April 2024. First time on a tall ship and what a great ship it is. Being 6ft + tall meant down below was constantly bent over for lack of headroom . She is in beautiful condition and wel maintained with on going work in the bottom storage . The captain's bath tub was interesting. The lighthouse ship also worth visiting just like the sub .
Outstanding and factual
I was born an d grew up in and near Baltimore. I was able to visit and explore this ship in a time when there was no fee to board, and no restrictions on were a ten year old boy could roam about her. I would probably not be permitted to climb up to the fighting tops, but I had unrestricted access to the rest of the ship. I remember going down far enough into the hull to see the very bottom of the bilge and see the great timber called the keelson.
I doubt that a ten year old boy would be permitted such a liberty today.
At that time I was told this was the original "Constellation" built in the 1790's.
After gaining some knowledge about warships by the time I was twelve I was puzzled by the rounded stern, as all the pictures of 18th and early 19th century sailing vessels showed a square transom.
Then, much later I read an article in a maritime history magazine that shattered that mistaken impression.
It was nice to think that my home-town had built this historic vessel and that now had a berth in Baltimore's inner harbor.
Nicer still to know the truth of this magnificent vessel's history.
Amazing
I served on the USS Constellation CV-64 in the early 80's.
very good
You absolutely can’t drop your anchor on an over 2million lb ship underway and spin it around like pirates of the Caribbean. The rope , chain , and wood it’s attached to would shear right off.. there was a few things this guy said as facts that are not in fact , fact .
Perhaps it was a generalization for time in an already super-long video.
To imagine, being in a storm on top of Besan or Fock, unbelievable.
Respekt to all sailors now and in former times, ahoi!
Real phantastic , exciting explanation, thx.
The 'Right' (Starboard) side of the ship is the senior side precisely because it is RIGHT. The 'Left' (Port) is the Sinister side. The Navy is very superstitious and tradition reigns.
Yes, thank you. You continue to point that out. It is in the water. Wow thank you so much for telling us that get real people.
Were people shorter than? “ no average than was 5’7” now it’s 5’9”. Cmon man that makes people on average shorter…..
As for ship lifespans, in the Age of Sail, there was not a defined service life because ship planking could be replaced and a wooden ship could be maintained indefinitely. Modern warships tend to last between 20-30 years, though capital ships such as aircraft carriers tend to last more than 50 years.
If you see this, please send positive vibes my way. I’ve been struggling with health issues for years and could use your prayers.
This is so cool! If you ever visit Stockholm please visit the Wasamuseum.
What the guy said about splinter wounds 😂
In reality if you got a splinter in the arm you lost the arm there. Are accounts of people being cut if half and one particular horrific account from the battle of Trafalgar of men being impaled buy splinters
But... the largest cause of casualties WAS splinters in both the American and British Navy although they were fortunate compared to the French, Spanish and Portuguese who used teakwood in their shipbuilding. The oils in teakwood are toxic and left untreated or not thoroughly cleansed would lead to amputation or death. Didn’t matter the size of the splinter - even a small splinter could kill you over time without rudimentary medical treatment.
The U.S. and Britain used oak for almost the entirety of their ships and avoided teak. In fact, Britain felled so many of their mature English oaks for naval construction they entered into agreement with Russia for a continuing supply of Russian oak. Britain constructed ships for Russia in exchange for a long-term supply of oak as British and European forests were thinning out during the Napoleonic wars. Main masts and spars were sourced from Canada's Douglas Fir forests. The U.S. had all their own timber supplies - one of the great losses for England resulting from the American revolution.
American and British naval officers and sailors were not keen to serve on impounded European warships - even 1st rate ships of the line - because of the toxic teakwood issue. A “hundred plus” guns didn’t guarantee the opposition wouldn’t get some hits on your ship and folks didn’t want to be surrounded by poison in battle.
The number of European and Asian sailors that perished from battle related infections over the centuries during the age of sail was, and is, horrific and far beyond those who died from shot directly.
From a business/financial point of view it probably won't make any sense, but I'd love to see the old lady being kept sail worthy and taken out for small cruises every now and then. The art of sailing is being lost and it would be fantastic if more square riggers like this one would still be used today, just to keep the skill and the whole art of sailing alive for posterity. Maybe sell cruise tickets or something
i like how the guide rips down the stairs. guess he gets lots of practice. it gives us an example of how the real crew would be moving around.
Not going to lie,,, I had to watch this twice to absorb it all.
I promise, this has made my bucket list..
Next time the Rays play BAL, I am coming up..
Wish you guys could get those hotels to lighten u on their overzealous prices😅...
BTW... my guess on the stoves position: was to have a heated area whe they were in cold waters... 😮..
If you (and I certainly did) enjoy this great video you will love the movie "Master and Commander" with Russel Crow. It is free on the WWW. This is the best tour guide I have ever seen. I have been on the square rigged iron hull "Balclutha" in San Francisco and the WW2 submarine "Pampano". Both were self-guided tours but still fun. Sailing in any boat is exciting. Thank you for the lunch time entertainment. ❤
How can it be sailing with narry a stich of cloth on the yards?
It's not "hard tack" in the Navy. It's "ship's biscuit."
that poor short guy at 24:00 having to 'only kids could move through here' and 'you have to crouch down' while hes knodding his head. hope he recovered from this
My dad used to take me down to the harbor in the early-mid ‘60’s to see the “watermelon” boats up from the eastern shore selling produce right at the dock. (It was a working harbor, way before the inner harbor was developed into a tourist destination). Going aboard the Constellation was essentially just “walk on up”. I have a recollection that you may have been asked to drop a quarter into a can on the gangway. The ship was in very bad shape. No tours…just walk around…hitting your head on overhead beams 😜
Thank you from Manhattan ©2024
Oh, just blame my Old Ironsides for the loss of your camboose! LOL
Starboard is considered the superior side, probably due to being open to the stars, quiet, private, and more secure, compared with the portside when at dock. Sheltered from the noise, stink, chaos, and chance of explosive attack to the cabin, from dockside.
Awesome ship. Do they take it out? That would be an incredible experience
Interesting-In 1847 a Paris gunsmith, B. Houllier, patented the first cartridge, capable of being fired by the blow of the gun's hammer. In one type, a pin was driven into the cartridge by the hammer action; in the other, a primer charge of fulminate of mercury was exploded in the cartridge rim.
You said the ship was built at Gosport Naval yard in Norfolk Va. Gosport Naval yard is in Portsmouth Va. Today it is Norfolk Naval Shipyard
Do a tour on Americas Tall Ship that actually sails around the world.. USCGC Eagle.
I’ll take the HMS Victory as she’s a very beautiful ship
Long live the Pirate Republic!
Logistics is so important
Was trim measured and calculated simply by knowing how weight was distributed per square foot? Any other tools or devices for measuring trim?