Your birth year
2006
USS Constitution
1797Warship
USS Constitution is 209 years older than you
It's from 1797, before you were born.
- Launched
- 1797
- Type
- Frigate
- Nickname
- Old Ironsides
About
As of 2026, it's 229 years old.
USS Constitution launched in 1797, when wooden sailing warships still defined naval power.
Its long survival makes it a living military timeline: older than steam navies, aircraft carriers, tanks, helicopters, and missiles.
USS Constitution through the years
1797
1797
Launched
The frigate entered the age-of-sail U.S. Navy.
1812
1812
War of 1812 fame
The ship earned the nickname Old Ironsides.
You were born — 2006
