I lived just outside of Boston for several years -- while there I visited the U.S.S. Constitution often -- I loved "hanging about" on the gun deck and imagining the organized chaos, smoke, and noise when she was in action. Hence I am partial to her and answered the poll above accordingly. Once per year she is towed out of the Charlestown Navy yard around Boston Harbor so that she can keep her commission as an active ship. I have an old watercolor of that event hanging in my painting area. Not surprisingly "Old Ironsides" was my first Sails of Glory purchase.
I've edited the post to add a photo of the watercolor I have hanging over my hobby workbench.
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