"Old Ironsides" Visits Texas in 1932

Following a Bit of Monkey Business on the Way

She didn’t fight in the American Revolution, but the U.S.S. Constitution has been flying the stars and stripes since 1797.

And in the winter and early spring of 1932, the historic warship, never defeated in battle, visited Texas for the first and only time. She called at the ports of Corpus Christi, Galveston, Houston, Galveston again, Beaumont, Port Art…