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nation’s past and reflect our resolve to ensure America’s maritime superiority well into the future.” USS Constitution, one of six original frigates authorized by the Naval Act of 1794, is the US Navy’s oldest commissioned vessel afloat and the only currently commissioned US Navy vessel to have sunk an enemy warship. The Resolute desk was presented to President Rutherford B. Hayes by Queen Victoria in 1880. It was built from timbers recovered from HMS Resolute when it was scrapped. Resolute was part of the expedition sent in search of the missing Franklin expedition. It was abandoned in the ice of the Arctic but managed
HMS Resolute, 1857 to drift 1,200 miles to the Davis Strait, where it was found adrift and recovered by the whaling ship George Henry out of Groton, Connecticut. The US government subsequently restored the ship and presented it to Queen Victoria. The Resolute desk was used in various rooms in the White House until it was installed in the Oval Office for John F. Kennedy; in recent years it has been used by every president since Bill Clinton. …. In 2020 Tall Ships America launched its first podcast series, A Barque, a Brig and a Schooner Walk Into a Bar, a look at the people and the history behind some of our most iconic vessels and what it truly means to be a traditional sailor in a modern world. Tall ships are a part of our shared human history, and everyone knows that sailors tell the best stories. Erin Short, director of TALL SHIPS CHALLENGE, invites ship captains, mates, cooks, and ship operations people to share their stories about sail training, time at sea, and the quirks and glories
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