USS Constitution a Midshipman's Pocket Manual 1814

by Eric L. Clements

Launched in 1797, USS Constitution is a wooden-hulled, three-masted heavy frigate of the United States Navy. The Constitution's first duties with the newly formed US Navy were to provide protection for American merchant shipping during the Quasi-War with France and to defeat the Barbary pirates in the First Barbary War. She is renowned for her actions during the War of 1812 against the Britain, when she captured numerous merchant...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472827937
• ISBN13: 9781472827937
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.8" x 7.2"