The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-12-28

Lying at the Broc klyn nayv.,ars
set aside as unfit for further nS o. u :.
the fr,Igate Constitution, cold Iron.
SIDES. On Sunday last She was
CoWed from the Newport training
snip squadron, and orders were re-
cleVed by AdmiralGeorge II. Cooper
commandment Of the navy-yard, to
put her out Of commission as She
was unseaworthy and toe worthless
70 Oe repaired. In few days the
constitution will take her place
among the old hulks in Wallabout
creek, Where, probably, she will he
allowed to slowly drop to Dieces
several years ago the navy DEPART
meut concluded to break her nm. hut
the republication at the time of the
Ola poem Of Oliver Wendell Holmes
aye. tear her tattered ensign
down, aroused a popular protest
ana she was repaired and converted
into a school ship.
The Constitution was one Of the
largest Of six frigates whose con.
Structlon was ordered by congress
March p, 1894. She was launched
In october, 1897. She was built IN
boston, OF the best live oakland cost
S362,71S '''-N' WV
she began her career in theTripol
ltan war In 1903, engaging against
batteries mounting 115guns atTrip-
oil, and her broadsides assisted in
recapturing three hundred Ameri-
can sailors who had been captured
by the Tripolitans from on board of
the frlgate PhilGdelDhta. In the war
against Great Britain in 1912 she
gained her famous victory over the
British frigate Guerrero on Aug.19.
On Dec: 26 following, the Consfitu-
ton had an engagement with the
BRUSH frlgate JdCa, and, after hot
contest, took her as prize. The
following year, on a cruise on the
coast OF Guiana and among the
Windward islands, she captured the
British sloop-of-war Picto7a. a letter
OF marque, and several merchant
vessels. She barely escaped BEING
captured by British fleet in 1871
by taking refuge in the harbor of
Salem, Mass. On Feb. 20, 1915. dur
ing another cruise, she captured.
after an action Of forty minutes AT
night, the British frigate Game and
the British slOOp Leca7lt. The latter
was recaptured by a British SQUAD
ron off the harbor of Porto Prava.
and Capt. Stewart. of the ConStitqi,
ton, fearing that the neutrality of
the port would not be observed. ran
away with his other prize. The
Cyd7le arrived at New York in
April, 1915, and the Constitution a
month later.
During the administration of
President Jackson, while the Con-
Stitution was mOored in New York
harbOr. d curious incident occurred.
y hgurehead of President Jackson
had been put on the prov, and the
arOuSing the indigna-
ton OF q lieutenant he determined
that jackson should not 90 before
the Constitution" He therefore
beheaded the figure. The head was
recovered and replaced by Commo-
lore ElllOt.lt remained on the GROW
until the vessel was repaired for CEN
tennial duty. when the etfigywas re.
moved and placed on a pedestal on
The grounds Of the Annapolis Naval
academy. The picture of Capt.Isaac
Hull, who fast commanded the Con-
'titetttOn in the war of 1872, hangs
n the Governors room in the CITY
lall. The late Beeckman Won Hoff |
nan. Of this city was one of her
ieutennants, and Ogden Won Hoff- |
nan, who died about five years ago,
vas one of the midshipmen in 1912. |
-Ne1C York Sun.