what is the name of the worlds oldest commissioned naval vessel afloat
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USS Constitution For similarly named ships, principles of government, and other uses, see Constitution (disambiguation). USS Constitution is a wooden-hulled, three-masted heavy frigate of the United States Navy, named by President George Washington after the Constitution of the United States of America. She is the world's oldest commissioned naval vessel afloat. Constitution was launched in 1797, one of six original frigates authorized for construction by the Naval Act of 1794 and the third constructed.
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USS Constellation (1854) According to the U.S. Naval Registry the original frigate was disassembled on 25 June 1853 in Gosport Navy Yard in Norfolk, Virginia, and the sloop-of-war/corvette was constructed in the same yard using material salvaged from the earlier ship. Constellation is the last sail-only warship designed and built by the Navy.fter the Civil War, Constellation saw various duties such as carrying exhibits to the 1878 Exposition Universelle in Paris and famine relief stores in the 1879 Irish famine. She also spent a number of years as a receiving ship (floating naval barracks).
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- A UNSC cruiser was the most powerful warship ever created by humanity. The Halcyon-class cruiser was a mainstay of the UNSC fleet for about half a century. The smallest human warship to receive the designation of cruiser, these still-enormous vessels exceeded a kilometer in overall length.
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United States Navy The Washington Navy Yard in Washington, DC is the Navy's oldest shore establishment and serves as a ceremonial and administrative center for the U.S. Navy, home to the Chief of Naval Operations, and is headquarters for numerous commands.
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USS Texas (SSN-775) USS Texas (SSN-775) is a Virginia-class submarine, and the fourth ship of the United States Navy... USS Texas (SSN-775) is a Virginia-class submarine, and the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named in honor of the state of Texas. The contract to build her was awarded to the Northrop Grumman Newport News shipyard (then called Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co.) in Newport News, Virginia on 30 September 1998 and her keel was laid down on 12 July 2002.
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CSS Virginia CSS Virginia was the first steam-powered ironclad warship built by the Confederate States Navy during the first year of the American Civil War; it was constructed as a casemate ironclad using the raised and cut down original lower hull and engines of the scuttled steam frigate USS Merrimack.
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Eos  (yacht) Yacht Eos moored in Dartmouth, UK, Feb. 2008. Eos at the Lürssen shipyard. The Eos is a three-masted Bermuda rigged schooner. The ship is one of the largest private sailing yachts in the world, and as of 2009 was owned by movie and media billionaire Barry Diller, husband of fashion designer Diane von Fürstenberg.
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- The Republic, just five years old, one of the most modern passenger liners afloat at that time, White Star Line's flagship of its Boston-Mediterranean service, was considered practically unsinkable. A ship of her size and modern-construction, with twelve watertight bulkheads, had never sunk before.
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- Enterprise was commissioned in 1961 and is scheduled to celebrate her inactivation, Dec. 1, after 51 years of service. 121201-N-WO496-005 NORFOLK (Dec. 1, 2012) Sailors, veterans and guests observe the inactivation ceremony of the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65).
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- It entered service in 1979 The oldest ship current being used by Carnival is the Holiday, which first entered service in July 1985. The oldest ship currently being used by Royal Caribbean is the Sovereign of the Seas, which first entered service in January 1988.
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- Royal Caribbean's fleet also includes two other ships, Majesty of the Seas and Empress of the Seas, which are each in a class of their own. Empress is the oldest in the Royal Caribbean fleet, having launched in 1990.
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RV Vema vessel, with her almost indestructible Swedish wrought iron hull, became renowned as one of the world’s most productive oceanographic research vessels. The ship had been first sailed for pleasure under the name Hussar, and after her career as a research vessel entered a new career as the cruising yacht Mandalay.
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- Is the kitty hawk the oldest active US navy warship? Until her retirement in January 2009, the Kitty Hawk (CV-63) was the second ship with the oldest active status in the Navy. The USS Constitution still holds the distinction of… being the oldest active Navy warship.
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What is the oldest active US Navy warship? exists and is an alternate of . The Kitty Hawk is the oldest active U.S. warship. The ships Commander Master Chief (AW) Cliff Yager said it has served its country well and continues to do so today. Despite the age of this warship it is ready, willing and able to perform duties when needed.
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Remembering Historyâs Mightiest Warship That vessel, together with its sister ship, the Yamato, were the largest and most heavily armed battleships constructed in naval history (Robert Farley has written about the Yamato here). The Musashi was sunk during World War II and was discovered in the Sibuyan Sea off the Philippines on March 1.
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- Here are some interesting facts about each museum submarine: 1  USS Drum (SS-228) Launched on May 12, 1941, she is the oldest of all the WWII fleet submarines remaining in the USA. She was the first Gato class submarine commissioned. 2  U-505 (German) The only German U-boat museum in the USA.
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- The oldest ship currently being used by Norwegian is the Majesty, which first entered service in September 1992 (the Dream first entered service in December 1992). The oldest ship currently being used by HAL is the Maasdam, which first entered service in December 1993.
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List of oldest surviving ships List of oldest surviving ships. This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it. This is a list of the oldest ships in the world which have survived to this day without significantly losing their original form. It includes warships, yachts, tall ships, and vessels recovered during archaeological excavations.
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Dry dock The first English and oldest surviving dry dock still in use was commissioned by Henry VII of England at HMNB Portsmouth in 1495 (see Tudor navy). This dry dock currently holds the world's oldest commissioned warship, HMS Victory.
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- The USS Horatio (NCC-10532) was an Ambassador-class heavy cruiser in service to Starfleet in the 24th century. From the 2340s to 2364, the Horatio was under the command of Captain Walker Keel. (TNG episode: Conspiracy; ST reference: Star Trek Encyclopedia; Decipher RPG modules: Starfleet Operations Manual, Starships)
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Summary of Statement No. 133 Summary of Statement No. 133. Summary. This Statement establishes accounting and reporting standards for derivative instruments, including certain derivative instruments embedded in other contracts, (collectively referred to as derivatives) and for hedging activities.
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United States Navy ships USS Long Beach (CGN-9) was the first nuclear-powered surface warship in the world when she was commissioned in 1961 and signaled a new era of United States naval weaponry by being the first large ship in the Navy to have guided missiles as its main battery.
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Grand Turk The recovered artifacts of the ‘Molasses Reef Wreck’ (1513), the oldest known European shipwreck in the New World, are displayed along with manuscripts, prints and items of art and culture relating to the history of the Turks and Caicos Islands.
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USS Enterprise  (CVN-65) She was the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and the eighth United States naval vessel to bear the name. Like her predecessor of World War II fame, she is nicknamed Big E. At 1,123 ft (342 m), she is the longest naval vessel in the world, a record which still stands.
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USS Nautilus  (SSN-571) USS Nautilus (SSN-571) USS Nautilus (SSN-571) was the world's first operational nuclear-powered submarine. The vessel was the first submarine to complete a submerged transit of the North Pole on 3 August 1958.
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United States Naval Observatory The United States Naval Observatory is one of the oldest scientific agencies in the United States, with a primary mission to produce Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) for the United States Navy and the United States Department of Defense. Located in Northwest Washington, D.C. at the Northwestern end of Embassy Row, it is one of the pre-1900 astronomical observatories located in an urban area; at the time of its construction, it was far from the light pollution thrown off by the city cente