print email comment close Selected Naval Documents: USS Constitution URL: http://www.history.navy.mil/docs/war1812/const1.htm Description: This collection highlights events in the history of this ship (also known as "Old Ironsides"), which was "authorized by Congress in 1794, built in 1797, and launched in 1798, ... [and] saw action in one undeclared war and two official wars." Includes excerpts from historical correspondence and journals. From the Naval Historical Center, U.S. Navy. Publisher: Naval Historical Center, U.S. Navy LII Database Information: Record 24276 created by Jennifer English on 08/07/2007 Last modification on 08/15/2007 Published: 08/15/2007   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/24276