USS CONSTITUTION may be the world’s oldest commissioned warship afloat, having been launched in 1797. In The Travels of Old Ironsides, we dramatize two of her most exciting activities. In The Barbary Pirates – the entire year is definitely 1805, and Constitution battles Tripolitan Pirates to free of charge the crew from the captured USS Philadelphia. An “advantage of your seat” adventure, it really is based totally on truth with nothing thrown set for dramatic effect – it didn’t require it! In Escape To The Wind flow, Constitution finds herself in the Battle of 1812, and discovers herself being chased by a squadron of five English Warships. The blowing wind dies down, as well as the ships are lifeless in water, Captain Hull discovers ways to length himself in the superior force. An amazing but true tale of Yankee ingenuity! By culling through the information from the Captain’s logs, the Colonial Radio Theatre brings alive the adventures from the USS Constitution – Old Ironsides!