User:Paine Ellsworth/George Claghorn

George Claghorn George Claghorn ( – February 3, 1824), was an American patriot who served in the War of the American Revolution. After the war, he was awarded the rank of colonel in his Massachusetts regiment. Claghorn was the builder of the USS Constitution, "Old Ironsides", in 1794 – 1797, the oldest US Navy vessel that is still commissioned and operational.