Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - USS "Constitution, inozivikanwawo seOld Ironsides", iri yemapuranga-yakagadzirwa, matatu-masted heavy frigate yeUnited States Navy. Icho ndicho chikepe chakare zvikurusa chenyika chorudzi rupi norupi chichiri kuyangarara. Akavhurwa muna 1797, imwe yezvikwata zvitanhatu zvepakutanga zvakatenderwa kuvakwa neNaval Act ya 1794 uye yechitatu yakavakwa. Zita rokuti "Constitution" rakanga riri pakati pemazita gumi akanyorerwa Mutungamiri George Washington naGurukota reHondo Timothy Pickering muna March wa1795 nokuda kwezvikepe zvaizovakwa. Joshua Humphreys akagadzira zvikepe zvengarava kuti zvive zvikepe zvengarava zvengarava, uye naizvozvo "Bumbiro" uye hanzvadzi dzake dzehanzvadzi dzakanga dzakakura uye dzakanyatsogadziriswa uye dzakavakwa kupfuura zvikepe zvengarava zvenguva iyoyo. Yakavakwa paEdmund Hartt's shipyard muNorth End yeBoston, Massachusetts. Mabasa aro okutanga akanga ari okudzivirira ngarava dzokutengesa dzeAmerica munguva yeQuasi-War neFrance uye kukunda vapambi veBarbary muHondo yeBarbary Yokutanga
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