that's the last mast of "guerrier." you can see it falling into water here so "guerrier" has lost one of its three masts and now it's dragging in the water sort of like a sea anchor so we thought captain hull thought he could cross the "t" meaning all of his guns would bear on "guerrier" while none of hers would be pointing at "constitution." at 6:30 they try to cross. as the two ships cross they actually collide and here's a image that isaac hull commissioned of the battle. this is the moment when the two ships are together that the boarders tried to cross. the first lieutenant of the marines, william bushed, claimed on and asked the captain shall i board her, sir. at that moment he actually is shot by a sharpshooter. in the rigging of the british ships, they would have marines firing at the enemy deck, so he fell to the deck. he's the first marine officer to die this combat in the war of 1812. our first lieutenant, charles morris, then goes to lead the boarding party. he's also shot and wounded and finally the two shi

his owner named him after the victory over guerriere. he probably had a job catching rats in the hold but he could travel to any part of the ship. where sailors weren't allowed to officer's country, guerriere the terrier lets us interpret "constitution" throughout all three decks with glimpses into the lives of the sailors. we have paws leading to the decks. our young visitors can follow the paw prints and find the exhibits you like best. as i mentioned we're stepping into boston in 1812. and for the officers, we would load fresh provisions on board like billy the goat here. how do you get a goat from a small body, trying to load it on to "constitution"? you might use, with our block and tackle, we could bring billy closer to the ship and you would load heavy provisions. think about loading a gun barrel on "constitution." "constitution" is full of simple machines, using block and tackle or pulleys and ropes to lift heavy pieces on board the ship. here we are in boston of 1812. and a lieutenant from "constitution," like lieutenant morgan,

it was a terrier named guerriere. his owner named him after the first victory over guerriere, and he had a job to do on board the ship catching rats in the hold, but he could also travel to any part of the ship where sailors weren't allowed into officer's country in their quarters guerriere is someone who lets us interpret the constitution throughout all three decks with glimpses into all the lives of the sailors, so we also have the paw prints leading from the front desks. our youngest visitors, and even if you can't read you can follow the paw prints and follow the exhibit you like best. we're stepping into boston in 1812, and for the officers we would load fresh provisions on board like billy the goat here. so how do you get a bogoat from small boat when trying to load it on the constitution? you might use with our block and tackle we can bring billy closer to the ship and you would load heavy provisions. think about loading a gun barrel on "constitution." "constitution" is full of simple machines using block and t

and off the coast of marblehead and you can see the same way when she sailed into battle against "guerrier" a simple sail configuration. you can see the old and new navy here with the blue angels flying overhead. so they mark "constitution's" birthday in 1997. aboard constitution the captain was michael beck, but the first lieutenant, our executive officer was claire bloom, the first female officer onboard constitution. so she would wear an 1812-style uniform which we have in our case here and because it was the modern navy, while she would have a lieutenant epaulet on the left shoulder but she would also have a navy purse. they said claire, we really need that once you leave "constitution." it's fun to tell the current story of "constitution" as well as her history. it's all a part of the story and now "constitution" has women as a regular part of her crew. >>> you can watch this or other american artifacts programs at any time by visiting our website, cspan.org/history. watch american artifacts every sunday at 8:00 a.m., 7:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. eastern on c-span 3. you're watching ameri