Talk:USS Constitution

Correction to HMS Bonne Citoyenne cargo

"[HMS] Bonne Citoyenne was reportedly carrying $1.6 million in spices to England"

No. Not spices. Specie; that is, coined money; silver and gold coins. The line should read "[HMS] Bonne Citoyenne was reportedly carrying $1.6 million in specie to England"

J Fenimore Cooper, History of the Navy of the United States of America, v2, Chapter VI, pp 67-68. 180.229.94.40 (talk) 06:21, 8 December 2022 (UTC)

Today, someone (was it you?) using 72.204.54.180 made this same suggested edit, but did not attach a source to it. - wolf 13:44, 16 December 2022 (UTC)

Corrections to the Quasi-War

Can someone verify that the first ship engaged by the USS Constitution, as mentioned by reference 32? Please and thank you. 128.177.55.100 (talk) 03:27, 24 January 2023 (UTC)

Re: "They intercepted Niger off the coast of Charleston, South Carolina, on 8 September, a 24-gun ship sailing with a French crew en route from Jamaica to Philadelphia, claiming to have been under the orders of Great Britain."

Yes, this appears to be correct. the French ship Niger was the first ship captured by Constitution in 1798.

References

Tour Capacity?

How many people can be accommodated for a tour? 188.28.112.235 (talk) 12:05, 14 August 2024 (UTC)

Updated vessel command list.

Vessel recently changed command, I updated the list of commanders, if anyone wants to go through and check if I missed anything go ahead. 97.177.58.134 (talk) 03:00, 24 August 2024 (UTC)

At USS Constitution § Commanders there are some 50 COs who are red-linked. That suggests that they are not notable in the Wikipedia sense. I propose to delete all COs who do not have their own articles. WP:SHIPSNOTCREWS would seem to suggest that the whole list be removed. I'm more-or-less indifferent to that position but there was no CO list when this article was promoted FA. At a minimum I think that all the redlinked and unlinked COs in the list of commanders should be removed.

Do? Not do?

—Trappist the monk (talk) 15:54, 24 August 2024 (UTC)

I feel like deleting the entire list would probably serve more harm than it does good. Every commander of the vessel can be considered notable and should be listed. I believe that removing the list can cause some heavy confusion, considered to the average person the list would look like there's way too less commanders than realistically should. I believe for now the list should be left alone 97.177.58.134 (talk) 20:20, 24 August 2024 (UTC)

Also mentioning that I seemed to have forgotten to at least redlinked the new commander. But in all honestly it just seems a bad idea to delete the list of commands for having unlinked. Other historical naval vessel lists seem to still have their full commanders listed. 97.177.58.134 (talk) 20:25, 24 August 2024 (UTC)