00961cam a2200217 4500 46160788 TxAuBib 19990728120000.0 ||||||s1955||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 54-6268 TxAuBib Hansen, Harry, 1884- Old Ironsides : the fighting "Constitution / Illustrated by Walter Buehr. New York : Random House, 1955. 180 p : illus ; 22 cm. Landmark Books ; 51 The biography of the Navy frigate that was launched in Boston in 1797 and was "born to cover herself with glory in a succession of famous battles and with a chain of able commanders at her helm. Her tasks fell in the realm of routing Barbary pirates under Preble, Bainbridge and Decatur, and later, the British in the war of 1812.". 19990728. Constitution (Frigate.) Landmark Books ; 51.