Subject Type: Wooden Navy

Picket Boat No. 1

Using a spar torpedo mounted on Picket Boat No.1, Lt. William Cushing and his crew succeeded in sinking CSS Albemarle at Plymouth, North Carolina, on the night of 27 October 1864.

Niagra (US Brig)

This American brig was commanded by Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, whose fleet defeated the British in the Battle of Lake Erie, 1813.

Constitution, USS

Famed American frigate that became known as “Old Ironsides” during the War of 1812.

Bellona, HMS

The 74-gun ship, which was built in varying configurations, comprised the backbone of the British Navy throughout the Napoleonic Wars.

Philadelphia (Gundalow)

Philadelphia was a gunboat manned by Continental Army soldiers during the Battle of Valcour Island (Lake Champlain), October 1776.

Onondaga, USS

Union iron gunboat assigned to the James River Flotilla during the Civil War.

Atlanta, CSS

Confederate ironclad converted from the British merchant Fingal

USS Constitution Museum

The world’s oldest commissioned naval vessel still afloat, this frigate is most noted for actions during the War of 1812, when it captured numerous merchant ships and defeated five British warships: Guerriere, Java, Pictou, Cyane, and Levant. The battle with Guerriere earned the ship the nickname of “Old Ironsides”.

Constitution, USS

Famed American frigate that became known as “Old Ironsides” during the War of 1812.