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USS Constitution. Launched in Boston in 1797, the oldest commissioned warship afloat earned her nickname Old Ironsides during the War of 1812 when she fought the British frigate HMS Guerriere. During this historic battle, cannonballs fired at USS Constitution appeared to bounce off, causing one of her crew to remark that her sides were made of iron.
âOld Ironsides in San Diegoâ. Rebuilt by the pennies of school children and as sound as on that autumn day. more than 135 years ago when she slid down the ways . . . the U.S.S. Constitution, most famous vessel in the American navy, is due alongside Broadway pier this. forenoon. --San Diego Union, January 21, 1933. The most storied Navy ship in American history began a triumphal tour of the West Coast in. January 1933.