The Captain's Clerk

A Database of Naval History. Contains a little of everything about the History of the Navy.

In these articles, a commanding officer of USS Constitution ("Old Ironsides") writes about some of the important moments in her history and about life aboard the famous frigate.

Basic Statistical information about the ship

Commanders of the USS Constitution

Basic information about each who commanded the ship.
This file is quite large and takes a little time to download.

This shows the history for each month
of the year by day for all the years
that this ship has been in existence!

"Notes" and "Quotes" from the Ship's Logs
in the National Archives

Records of more than 15,000 sailors who have served in "Old Ironsides," mainly before 1934, are on file.

If you have a family member tradition says was on board, and you would like to confirm it, send the individual's name and any other information you have, like approximate time of service, to the address below, a check will be made, and you will be notified.

Please use this email address for request of above information:

 timonier@alltel.net

Time and again, professional and vocational historians, artists, model makers, and others, have sought out information -- or have argued -- about many items of what should be information basic to an understanding of the environment of the sailing navy: How many provisions were carried for a six-month cruise? What did an ammunition load out consist of? What were the dimensions of a rammer? And on and on and on. There follows here a "lucky bag," a randomly collected compilation, of such information gleaned from more than twenty years of poring over contemporary documentation and recording same in The Captain's Clerk. Much of it is derived from materials relating to USS Constitution. It is a "working document," and by no means complete.

Has even more information on this fine ship!

Books, Videos, Music, Etc.

Just what the title says!

Graphics of the Ship

Pictures / Paintings of the ship!

Special Photos of the Ship
Pictures from the Internet
All Photos Clickable and in the public domain.

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Robin
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