The USS Constitution

Everything Everywhere Daily

Gary Arndt | Glassbox Media

History, Education

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 11 October 2021

⏱️ 13 minutes

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On March 27, 1794, the United States Congress passed the Naval Act. The Naval Act authorized funding for six frigates which would become the basis for the new US Navy. One of those six ships, and the third one built, was the USS Constitution. It was launched in 1797 and saw service in multiple conflicts all around the world. That ship which first set sail 225 years ago, is still in service and operational today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	On March 27, 1794, the United States Congress passed the Naval Act.
0:05.6	The Naval Act authored funding for six frigates, which would become the basis for the new U.S. Navy. One of those six ships, the third one built was the USS Constitution.
0:16.0	It was launched in 1797 and saw service in multiple conflicts all over the world.
0:21.7	That ship, which first set sail 225 years ago, is still in service and operational today.
0:28.7	Learn more about the USS Constitution, the world's oldest ship still afloat on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. This episode is sponsored by Curiosity Stream.
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1:32.8	One of the first orders of business of the brand new United States
1:38.6	was to create a Navy.
1:40.6	If this new country was to be taken seriously, it had to have a Navy.
1:44.0	Britain, France, Spain were all major powers who could make or break this new country,
1:48.0	and they all had major navies to project their power from Europe.
1:52.0	Moreover, soon after the Constitution
1:54.4	is ratified, American merchant ships began having problems with Barbary pirates off
1:59.0	the coast of Algeria. There wasn't anything the US could do about it because they didn't have a Navy.
2:05.0	To create this Navy, the United States Congress passed the Naval Act of 1794.
2:10.2	The Act authorized the purchase of six frigates for a price of $68,888.82.
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