Show RESTORING OF IRONSIDES ASSURED BY RY congrtta vot botts morty euary for of at worl en on famous warship oid old ironsides has anally been assured of a fresh bresn lease on life by the signature siga turl of president hoover louver on oa a bill ampro P P OW for the wort work of her restoration previous I contributions had already assured the re condit inning of her hull the constitution which was ira latched from haraf tard botan dos n on october 21 1797 underwent repairs at the boston oay jard yard from chith she he was launched re to cantly with a restored bull doring during this p of repair the retted reeled 1000 a specially devised cradle which prevented her ancient tim tion bera bets from crumbling it Us as found that while many of her timber timbers had been disintegrated disinter rated by timan weather much of the original offen rood od wai still sound mill surplice of white oak long leaf yellow pin and douglas fir ar were V ere bought for the restoration and last year in april the nest est coast I 1 an hermens association gave about shioo feet of timber for ma matt mats ts ind and fight of thee the flecca were more than IW feet long lont in addition to 10 this lumber a toy on sid erable it live olk wl walh I 1 h lind had awen submerged bubmer sub d for presena tion in the Ic nocola navy naty yard under the fresh boter by commodore pond in 18 IFS 8 was made abie for ne ate n tilt reet resti restoration ration this stored oal oat was MIS a legacy leacy from fron the day of the th nepo navy be A arc re being put tc ic hi ili present zt s pieces of t th faw atre leaped ind wre w re found to be b e in excellent con the leg mt I 1 liea ea sub ejected to pressure to the grain showed a maximum malli nuin cruh ln strength of BASO IV pounds inch the per ir equale ole thug thus proved desirable for wood use lor for at it keels keelsons ke elsons knees and deck planking the original oak of the historic hl frigate on it the name of old ironside in the t h e battle with the guerriere on august 19 1812 when the crew of the constitution saw aw the british cannati balls turned off the tides sides of the ship by comparison with the enormous bilting jilting jil ting ships of winy today the ize of the li is relatively email small although the she wai will rated as a inan ster of the be deep la in ber her own time her tier length over ml all Is am 4 feet fee and ber her tonnage besides the thirty 24 which the she car ried on tier her main deck fhe she bad had other pin gunt totaling fifty nine din for a frigate ohe he was much mere more heavily built other of her flee tire and time to the british navy she he was known as a battleship in to dis etui rule |