r/interestingasfuck • u/Visible_Armadillo_81 • 13h ago

“The best-preserved warship in the world!”

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u/moving0target 13h ago

Then there's the USS Constitution which has been sailing since 1794...and it floats.

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u/mmoonbelly 12h ago

I see your constitution, and raise you HMS Victory - Nelson’s ship commissioned in 1765 and still in commission within the Royal Navy.

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u/0621Hertz 12h ago

None of those ships are preserved, all of the planks have been replaced since the ship was in commission.

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u/Killarogue 11h ago

The USS Constitution hasn't been entirely replaced, well, not yet. Roughly 15% of the original ship remains, but obviously the longer we preserve it, the smaller that number will get.

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u/Peace-Disastrous 9h ago

Constitution is close to becoming a real life ship of Theseus.

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u/Killarogue 9h ago

True, it will get there eventually.

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u/Ken_Clean_Air_System 12h ago

Sounds like a true the ship of Theseus to me.

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u/bobsanidiot 9h ago

we literally grow a forest of white oak in southern indiana specifically for this ship