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Constitution is a famous frigate of the United States Navy. Its popular name is Old Ironsides. The frigate was built at a Boston shipyard between 1794 and 1797. It was 204 feet (62 meters) long. The hull was made of oak from Massachusetts, Maine, and Georgia, and the masts of white pine. It could carry provisions for a crew of 475.

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