USS Constitution

USS Constitution

American Frigate 1797.

Launched on October 21, 1797, the USS Constitution has won every battle she's ever fought over 40 of them!

She earned her nickname Old Ironsides after a sailor saw a cannonball bounce off her hull.

Resting in Boston Harbor, she's the oldest commissioned US warship.

USS Constitution went through several restorations during her career.

A major restoration between 1993 and 1997 prepared the frigate for her 200th anniversary.

Workers restored the thick deck strakes and diagonal riders to strengthen the hull and make her seaworthy.

They fitted fore, main and mizzen topsails, jib, flying jib, and spanker sails for the day when Old Ironsides would move under her own power once more.

That historic moment arrived on July 21, 1997, when Constitution set sail from Marblehead Harbor to a point just one mile short of Halfway Rock.

The five-mile cruise took one hour.

The Mantua kit features a plank on frame hull construction, building plans with general details, English instructions, lost wax brass castings walnut or lime planking, wooden masts and spars, brass and walnut fittings, etched brass details, rigging cord and silk flag.

All sheet ply sections are laser cut for accuracy.

Scale 1:98 Length: 960 mm Width: 320 mm Height: 670 mm