From the November 15, 2013, DVIDS "News: DLA Troop Support provides copper to 'Old Ironsides'" by Michael Tuttle.
The USS Constitutions underwater hull needs to be recovered and the Defense Logistics Agency troop Support will be providing that cooper for the ship. They are making 800 custom pieces of copper for the world's oldest commissioned warship. It was launched way back in 1797 in response to threats and actions of the Barbary Pirates in North Africa.
Each piece has to be run through a machine a machine that punches more than 30 holes for bolts arranged in the same original pattern.
The DLA's Construction & Engineering (C&E) also is providing custom wood items for the ship over the last ten years.
The ship features 25-inch oak sides.. In battle, a sailor saw British cannonballs bouncing off the Constitution's sides and cried out: "Huzza! Her sides are made of iron!" This gave the ship her famous nickname.
During the Civil War, there was a Union Navy ship launched named the USS New Ironsides which actually was made of iron.
--Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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