CAPT Holly Graf gets ‘honorable’ retirement

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Originally Posted by August

Too be honest it wasn't really a fair fight. They were both considered "frigates" but there the comparisons ended.

Guerriere
1092 tons
Crew 272
30ea 18lb guns
16ea 32lb carronades
526lb broadside

Constitution
1576 tons
Crew 450
30ea 24lb guns
20ea 32lb carronades
950lb broadside

It'd be like me picking a fight with Mike Tyson.

The early days of the US Navy was mostly comprised of sloops and carronade frigates. We couldn't afford to build those ships of the line such as the Santisima Trinidad