A Most Fortunate Ship: A Narrative History of Old Ironsides
A Signal Honor
Undefeated: "Old Ironsides" in the War of 1812
Creating A Legend
The USS Constitution's Finest Fight
USS Constitution: Living The Legend, Video
A Most Fortunate Ship: A Narrative History of Old Ironsides

by Ty Martin

The complete history of USS Constitution (" Old Ironsides" ) from her authorization in 1794 to her bicentennial in 1997. The first edition (1980) received a George Washington Honor Medal from the Freedoms Foundation. This new edition received the 1997 Robert G. Albion/James Madison Award for Naval History from the National Maritime Historical Society and won the Naval History Center's Constitution Bicentennial Book Competition Prize.

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Publisher: Naval Institute Press, 1997 (revised edition 6th printing (soft cover), 2003)

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A Signal Honor

by Ty Martin

A collection of anecdotes about individual crew members of USS Constitution from captain to boy embedded in a discussion of their organization and operation. 

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Publisher: Tryon Publishing Company, 2003

Ordering Info: GetTextbookswww.ussconstitutionmuseum.org. Price $20.00.

Undefeated: "Old Ironsides" in the War of 1812

by Ty Martin

The story of USS Constitution's victorious service in the War of 1812.

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Publisher: Tryon Publishing Company, 1996 (3rd printing, 2001)

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Creating A Legend

by Ty Martin

A detailed description of the designing, construction, and launching of USS Constitution.

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Publisher: Tryon Publishing Company, 1997 (2nd printing, 2001)

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The USS Constitution's Finest Fight

by Ty Martin, Editor

The edited journal of Acting Chaplain Assheton Y. Humphreys describing Constitution's final war cruise of 1815, including her defeat of HMS Cyane and HMS Levant and her narrow escape from a British squadron.

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Publisher: Nautical and Aviation Publishing Company, 2000

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USS Constitution: Living The Legend, Video

by Ty Martin

Describes the ship's unique construction features and takes her through her sailing in July 1997, the first in 116 years.

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Publisher: Anchors Away, 1997

Run Time: 55 minutes

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