SSTF to pics@lemmy.world • edit-28 months ago[OC] The USS Constitution, the oldest naval warship still afloat.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square73fedilinkarrow-up1498
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minus-square@NABDad@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish7•8 months agoFrom what I’ve been able to find, the ships were originally built using live oak trees from Georgia, but the forest the US Navy maintains for the USS Constitution is in Indiana. https://www.military.com/history/why-us-navy-manages-its-own-private-forest.html https://ussconstitutionmuseum.org/2015/05/11/the-wooden-walls/
From what I’ve been able to find, the ships were originally built using live oak trees from Georgia, but the forest the US Navy maintains for the USS Constitution is in Indiana.
https://www.military.com/history/why-us-navy-manages-its-own-private-forest.html
https://ussconstitutionmuseum.org/2015/05/11/the-wooden-walls/
TIL.