America’s oldest warship, sunk in 1776, is getting a 250th-birthday makeover
- Posted on January 27, 2026
- By Washington Post
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America’s oldest warship, sunk in 1776, is getting a 250th-birthday makeover
Sunk by the British in 1776, raised in 1935 as a tourist attraction, the “Philadelphia” -- the oldest intact American warship -- is readied for a birthday.
