US Navy

US Navy, vintage 8 x 10 glossy fiber photograph depicting the USS Constitution, circa, 1931. Snipe on verso reads "Interior of gun deck with battery of 24 pounders. Port side looking forward."

USS Constitution is a wooden-hulled, three-masted heavy frigate of the United States Navy, named by President George Washington after the Constitution of the United States of America. Launched in 1797, Constitution was one of six original frigates authorized for construction by the Naval Act of 1794 and the third constructed.

Printed in the second half of the 20th century as part of the American Heritage Publishing Archive.

Verso bears original filing notations and/or credit stamping. In very good condition.

Provenance: From the American Heritage Publishing Archives.