Oliver Hazard Perry, the U.S naval officer who won a decisive victory against the Royal Navy on Lake Erie during the War of 1812—“We ... a replica of a British warship that his flotilla ...

The larger U.S. warships easily trounced the inferior ... taken place during the previous two years. For America, 1812 became the war in which it had finally gained its independence.

Old Ironsides became the only remaining vessel in the Navy to have sunk an enemy warship in battle — a feat carried over from the War of 1812 against the British. "Over her 226 years ...

The USS Constitution is the world’s oldest commissioned warship afloat and America’s Ship of State which played a crucial role in the Barbary Wars and the War of 1812, actively defending sea ...