Thomas Truxton and Edward Preble are part, a huge part of the early days of our navy, the Constitution and her sisters were all state of the art, built with Eastern live oak for flexibility and strength... the Connie, another legendary ship from fighting sail days, the Yankee race horse, fast and tough....
One historian I read said that during their battle with the one ship he mentioned it DID have 24 pounders, but like he said it's armament was never consistant.
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Thomas Truxton and Edward Preble are part, a huge part of the early days of our navy, the Constitution and her sisters were all state of the art, built with Eastern live oak for flexibility and strength... the Connie, another legendary ship from fighting sail days, the Yankee race horse, fast and tough....
Constellation was firing 18 pounder long guns, not 24.
One historian I read said that during their battle with the one ship he mentioned it DID have 24 pounders, but like he said it's armament was never consistant.