Editing Spelljammer Vessels (section)

== USS Constitution, (Old Ironsides)==
::Built By: United States Navy
::Used Primarily By: United State's navy
::Ship Type: frigate 
::Tonnage (IRL): 1,576
::Cargo Capacity Tonnage: N/A (cargo capacity listed in square footage)
::Crew: 450
::Landing: N/A
::Hull Armor: Heavy Wooden Plating
::Power Type: Sail
::Keel/Beam: 175 Ft(waterline)/43 ft 
::Weapons: 52 Cannons arranged into two 26 gun broadsides.
::Cost: 300,000 Dollars (18 century)<ref>At the time the dollar were mandated to have 416.0 grains of silver, or about a 1 one troy ounce (480 would be an exact troy ounce) and that there was to be a eagle coin worth 10 dollars made with gold. In D&D 1 gold piece also equals 10 silver pieces so making the generous assumption that D&D silver and goldis held in equal to value in to a US 18th century Silver Dollar and Gold Eagle and that the price from Wikipedia was correct in the first place: if you tried to buy a ship like the USS Constitution in D&D: it cost 30,000 Gold Pieces.</ref>
We list Constitution as a point of reference so you can better get a sense of the scale of these ships. If you compare the stats Old Ironside's is in the right ball park in terms of volume in terms of keel and beam, but is much, much, '''MUCH''' heavier. Spell jammer explains this by putting a cap on how much mass Spelljammer Helm can move about. Even so you might argue that it's unfair to compare an 18th century ship to Spell Jammer's, and while Old Ironside's is a heavy ship, even the 237 ton's of a large 16th century oared galley is overwhelming to a Spell Jammer. The presumed reason why the size is so comparably limited is that it avoids turning every single large space ship into it's own mega dungeon, with four deck's and at least 175 feet (at the water line so it's actually a little bigger) per deck, Old Ironside could play host to multi-hour dungeon crawl all on her own. In any case: if your in a Spell Jammer and see a ship flying Old Glory from the top mast, stay clear or your in for a 26 gun paddling.