CDR Bullard was presented with a beautiful framed lithograph from the Mess Limited edition lithograph depicting USS Constitution ("Old Ironsides") at a dramatic moment in the 20 February 1815 battle between the American frigate and British men-of-war Cyane and Levant when she delivered withering raking fire into the latter's stern, wrecking her steering.
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Monday, July 27, 2009
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I am a huge fan of raking fire.
V/R,
B. Walthrop
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