The 10th Day Of Christmas "Ten Lords a' Leaping"

USS Constitution, known as “Old Ironsides,” is a wooden-hulled, three-masted heavy frigate of the United States Navy. Named after the United States Constitution, she is the oldest commissioned ship afloat in the world. The Constitution was one of the six original frigates authorized for construction by the Naval Act of 1794 and was launched in 1797. Joshua Humphreys designed them to be the Navy’s capital ships and so Constitution and her sisters were larger and more heavily armed than the standard frigates of the period.

USS Midway, an aircraft carrier of the United States Navy, the lead ship of her class, was the first to be commissioned after the end of World War II. Active in the Vietnam War and in Operation Desert Storm, as of 2004 she is a museum ship in San Diego, California. She is the only remaining aircraft carrier of the World War II era that is not an Essex-class ship. Her revolutionary hull design was based on what would have been the Montana class battleships and gave her superior manoeuvrability over all previous carriers.

USS Astoria was one of three heavy cruisers guarding the northern approach to Guadalcanal and Tulagi, and was the only one afloat after a blistering night action against a Japanese cruiser force. However, she was gravely damaged
in this Battle of Savo Island. Though her crew struggled all through the morning of 9 August to save their ship, USS Astoria succumbed to her wounds shortly after noon, sinking into the depths of a body of water that would soon be called “Iron Bottom Sound,” in recognition of all the ships that were lost there.

USS The Sullivans Navy Series #7. # DD-537.

This 36' riveted steel caboose is painted midnight blue with red, white and blue flag and white lettering. Its designed to bring up the end of the U.S. Navy series cars. The Navy series freight cars showcase prominent Navy vessels from the past and present.

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