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ItchyAcnestis t1_iy44agx wrote

The USS Constitution is still going strong too. Pretty crazy when you think about it.

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VolkspanzerIsME t1_iy6498b wrote

It's the only ship in the US Navy with a confirmed kill.

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alcapwnage0007 OP t1_iyen0b8 wrote

That is nuts. Although, I guess that says a lot about the kinds of fights we've been picking and how modern we've kept ourselves

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VolkspanzerIsME t1_iyexg97 wrote

The Navy also has multi layered defensive postures. There are few in this world dumb enough to go toe to toe with a carrier strike group. Also the US hasn't fought a war with a country that had a respectable navy since Korea(?).

Pretty cool flex on the part of the Constitution tho.

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Doxbox49 t1_iy4vmuv wrote

You know how many times it’s been basically rebuilt? A fuck ton

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Onetap1 t1_iy594ct wrote

>You know how many times it’s been basically rebuilt?

Exactly as you'd expect for a ship that's still afloat, if you want it to stay floating. I think that there's only 10 or 15% of the original wood remaining in Constitution.

There is a lot more of the original timber from USS Chesapeake surviving, in a flour mill in Hampshire. It has been surveyed by naval archaeologists.

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hellcat_uk t1_iy68amh wrote

That makes it more impressive that 65% of HMS Trincomalee and over 95% of HMS Unicorn is still as it was launched 200 years ago (1817/1824). Obviously not taking into account years of active service and being maintained in sailing condition.

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Onetap1 t1_iyccghc wrote

>65% of HMS Trincomalee and over 95% of HMS Unicorn

I didn't know of those ships, thanks for that.

Tricomalee was built of Indian teak, which is probably why she's survived; I think ship worm would devour European wood in a few years. Unicorn has never sailed.

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wunderboy_teh_turd t1_iy5lsu1 wrote

Read that as navel archeologists... an interesting 30 seconds, for sure

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Lenora_O t1_iy6ee9g wrote

You're reading about ships in the navy, and the word naval comes up, and then you suddenly thought about belly buttons??

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jmarshallca t1_iy8lr37 wrote

If someone has a habit of looking at combat ships for extended periods, is that naval gazing?

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