Item  #  Cross Section

USS Constitution Cross Section

• 4" long x 12" Wide x 34" High.  5 Lbs.
• Built from scratch (not from a model kit) by a master artisan.
• Constructed with with rare, high quality woods.
• Notice the significant details: barrels, buckets, cannons, rocks, etc.
• To build this cross-section, extensive research was done using various sources such as museums, drawings, copies of original plans and photos of the actual ship.

The USS Constitution is made of timber from Maine to Georgia and armed with cannons cast in Rhode Island and copper fastenings provided by Paul Revere. Launched in Boston on October 21, 1797, she first put to sea in 1798. Having remained a part of the U.S. Navy since that day, Constitution is the oldest commissioned warship in the world which is still afloat.

Her first mission, during the late 1790's, USS Constitution guarded American commerce in the Caribbean against French depredations. In 1803, President Thomas Jefferson sent her to the Mediterranean to protect American ships and seamen from attack by the Barbary pirates. With Captain Edward Preble in command, Constitution and other ships of the squadron bombarded Tripoli. Thanks to such determination, a treaty of peace was signed in June 1805 between the United States and Tripoli aboard Constitution