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Constitution of the
United States Preamble - "We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic
Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish
this Constitution for the United States of America." |
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An original, historic, and collectible old newspaper: COLUMBIAN CENTINEL, Boston, May 20, 1795 * USS Constitution construction begins *
Laying of the keel.
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Illustration of the launching of USF Constitution, 21 October 1797, at at Hartt's Shipyard, Boston, MA.
From "Historic Ship Exhibits in the United States |
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USF Constitution Sail Plan. |
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USF Constitution Sail Plan from "Naval Customs Traditions and Usage" by Leland P. Lovette (1939).
"Footnote.- Note the aftermost fore-and-aft sail, the ringtail (sail) abaft the spanker. The triangular sail on the mizzenmast and above the spanker is a gaff topsail. The sails on the yards of the foremast from the deck aloft are: foresail, fore topsail, and the right fore-top-studding-sail; fore-topgallant sail, and to the right, the fore-topgallant-studding sail; fore royal, and to the right fore-royal-studding sail; fore skysail Note the staysails spread fore and aft between the fore and main and between the main and mizzen." |
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USF Constitution hauled out of the water on the marine railway at Navy Yard Portsmouth, N.H., 27 March 1858. (This is the oldest known photo of Constitution.) |
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Sketch print of Annapolis Maryland with USS Constitution in the foreground. This is a very rare sketch print from an
original "Harpers's Weekly" in 1861.
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"The Eighth Massachusetts Regiment taking possession of U.S. ship Constitution at Annapolis [Battle on deck of ship]"
Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 11, no. 285 (1861 May 4), p. 385 (front page).
Civil War, 1861-1865 Navy, Union Vessels Constitution, Library of Congress. |
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View of the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD. waterfront area, circa the late 1860s, looking northeast from the tower of New Quarters. The
twin-turret monitor moored in the Severn River, at left, is USS Tonawanda. Ships at the
pier in right center are
USS Constitution, USS Dale and
USS Santee. Note the small tug on the beach at left, apparently under construction or
undergoing a major overhaul, and the side-wheel steamer at the dock.
US Naval History and Heritage Command Photo # NH 49813
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USS Constitution safe in her berth at the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD. after having spent the Civil War at Newport, R.I.
"Civil War Sea Battles", Chapter XVIII, Page 225.
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The frigate Constitution being hauled out for repairs at the Wharton Street Yard, Navy Yard Philadelphia. Symbolically,
Constitution was the last repair ship contract at the Yard that once built her sister frigate United States
US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 55582. Courtesy CAPT. W. P. Robert.
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The hull planks have been removed and the live oak framing is visible in this circa-1875 photo of USF Constitution during a rebuild/restoration at Philadelphia Navy Yard. The exceptional density of the live oak, combined with close spacing of frames, helped impart to the frigate a storied reputation for cannonball resistance.
US Naval History and Heritage Command photo. |
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Wood engraved print titled "The Frigate 'Constitution' - "Old Ironsides". Published in "Harper's Weekly Newspaper", 10 July 1875.
From a photograph (0946021160). |
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Stern view of USF Constitution during a rebuild/restoration, at Philadelphia Navy Yard in 1875. |
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View of the waterfront at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine, circa 1883. Ships present include
USS Kearsarge (left), unidentified steam sloop, and the receiving ship USF Constitution.
US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 46353. |
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A view of the waterfront at the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine, circa 1886, with the floating drydock at left. Ships present
are (from left to right):
USF Constellation;
USS Dale;
USS Tallapoosa; and
USF Constitution (housed over).
Photo courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, 1971.
US Naval History and Heritage Command photo #: NH 58947 |
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1884 magazine engraving "CONSTITUTION CARRYING GOODS TO PARIS" |
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1884 magazine engraving HAULING DOWN THE FLAG 'CONSTITUTION' |
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Barracks ship USF Constitution at Charlestown, Boston, MA., circa 1905.
Photo Detroit Publishing Company. |
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Post card image of USF Constitution housed over and serving as a Barracks ship at Charlestown, Boston, MA., date unknown. Note the Bunker Hill Monument in the background. |
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Colored post card images of USF Constitution at Navy Yard Charlestown, Boston, MA. serving as receiving ship,
circa 1905. from the Boston National Historical Park Collection. |
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Post card image of the bridge of USF Constitution, circa 1905.
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Post card image of USF Constitution serving as a Barracks ship at Charlestown, Boston, MA., circa 1906. |
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USF Constitution housed over while serving as a receiving ship at Boston Navy Yard. |
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USF Constitution housed over while serving as a receiving ship at Boston Navy Yard, circa 1900 to 1910.
US Library of Congress photo # LC-D4-34067 |
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USF Constitution "Old Ironsides" moored at Navy Yard Kittery, ME. |
Post card collection of Arnold A. Putnam |
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Images of the USF Constitution first major historic restoration.
NH-55678 The first major historic restoration of USS Constitution took place in 1907 and saw the removal of the house superstructure and restoration of her gun ports. It also involved remasting/rerigging the frigate. This sequence taken on 1 May 1907 shows the stepping of the masts. This view, taken at 10:30 a.m., shows the lower section of the main mast being positioned by Portal Crane 12. The location is at the end of Dry Dock 2 at Pier 3 of the Boston Navy Yard. U.S. Navy photograph from Naval Historical Center.
NH-55676 By 3:30 p.m., when the bowsprit was lowered in place, the ship had been moved to the Pier 4 side of the dock. U.S. Navy photograph from Naval Historical Center.
NH-55677 A half hour later, all three masts and the bowsprit have been installed. U.S. Navy photograph from Naval Historical Center.
NH-63532 By 29 June 1907 work on the standing rigging for the masts in well underway. U.S. Navy photograph from Naval Historical Center.
NH-63532 Two months later, on 28 August 1907, the completed ship is seen at Pier 2 East, which would be her berth for many years.
All photos from the US Naval History and Heritage Command , now in the collection of the Boston NHP Charlestown Navy Yard, Boston, MA. |
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USF Constitution restoration photos from - "HARPER'S WEEKLY illustrated Journal" of August, 1907. -"Raising Her Tattered Ensign--The Government's Patriotic Work Restoring The Frigate Constitution"
1-"The housed quarter-deck of the 'Constitution' spanned by the immortal words of Captain Lawrence 'DON'T GIVE UP THE SHIP'...."
2-"The Gunless gun-deck of the frigate--Duplicates of her batter of twenty-four32-pounders and thirty 24-pounders are being cast at the Boston Yard for emplacement in their original positions.
3-The hull of the venerable frigate while under3going reconstruction at Boston Nay Yard to refit and equip her as she was in the fighting days..."
4-"When 'OLD IRONSIDES' was young--This photograph, taken many years ago at the Portsmouth Navy Yard..."
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USF Constitution moored pierside, 8 August 1914, location unknown.
US Navy Bureau of Ships Photo # 19-LC-20) now in the holdings of the National Archives and Records Administration, cataloged under the National
Archives Identifier (NAID) 512913. |
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Post card image of USF Constitution moored pierside at Navy Yard Boston, Charlestown Annex, date unknown. |
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Post card image of USF Old Constitution under way, circa 1920s, location unknown. |
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Post card image of USF Old Constitution moored pierside at Boston Navy Yard, Charlestown Annex, date unknown. |
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Post card image of USF Old Constitution underway, circa 1920s, during her annual turn around in Boston Harbor. |
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USS Mohave (AT-15) at Boston Navy Yard, circa 1924.
USS Bridgeport (AD-10) and USF Old Constitution are in the background.
US Navy photo # NH 45949 from the collections of the US Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USF Old Constitution right, US Navy tug center and the Navy's experimental Rotor vessel on the left, 8 June 1925, Boston harbor. |
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USF Old Constitution moored at Boston Navy Yard, date unknown. |
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USS Constitution undocking from Dry Dock No. 1, Boston Navy Yard, 15 March 1930 following her 1927-1930 reconstruction.
U.S. Navy photo, Boston NHP Collection, NPS Cat. No. BOSTS-10750. |
Darryl Baker and Stephen P. Carlson, Preservation Specialist, Boston NHP, Charlestown Navy Yard |
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Shipyard workers raising USS Constitution's starboard anchor, circa 1930s, after she was converted to a museum ship.
Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection ©Leslie Jones. |
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Post Card image of USS Constitution moored at Boston, date unknown. |
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USS Constitution at sea in 1931, location unknown.
US Nation Archives Identifier (NAID) 512901, US Navy Bureau of Construction and Repair photo # 19-A-5A-383 now in the holdings of the US National Archives and
Records Administration. |
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USS Constitution under way in a 1931 shortly after her recommissioning in July of that year after an extensive restoration.
Naval Institute Photo Archive |
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USS Constitution anchored at Bar Harbor, Maine, 13 July 1931. Alongside partially hidden is
USS Grebe (AM-43), serving as tender and tow ship during the three year national tour. |
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USS Constitution anchored probably at Bar Harbor, Maine, in July 1931. Alongside is
USS Grebe (AM-43) serving as tender and tow ship during the three year national tour. |
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Post Card image of USS Constitution outbound under tow passing Portland Head light, 21 July 1931. |
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Aerial views of USS Constitution sailing up the Delaware River during her 1933 national tour.
Source Navy Board Facebook |
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USS Constitution moored pierside at Key West in December 1931 during her national tour.
Image from Flickr courtesy of Florida Keys Public Libraries photo # MM00031454, courtesy the Heritage House Collection, donated by the Campbell Poirier and
Pound families, and Florida Keys Public Libraries photo # MM00026061, Monroe County Library Collection. |
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Stern view of USS Constitution moored pierside at Key West in December 1931 during her national tour.
Image from Flickr courtesy of Florida Keys Public Libraries photo # MM00031414, courtesy the Heritage House Collection, donated by the Campbell,
Poirier and Pound families. |
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Two 32 pound Long Rifle Cannons removed from USS Constitution during her major restoration in 1926 and not replaced as they were not part of the original 1797 armament. The two cannon are now situated at the Washelli Cemetery in Seattle, WA. |
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USS Constitution passing through Gaillard Cut on her Atlantic to Pacific transit of the Panama Canal, 27 December 1932. Alongside is the Canal tug Gorgona
Photo courtesy Captain's Clerk, US Naval History and Heritage Command Photo # NH 55938. |
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USS Constitution transiting the Panama Canal, circa 1933.
Source NARA RG 185-G Vol.21 # 3. |
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USS Constitution transiting the Panama Canal, circa 1933. Just visible is USS Grebe (AM-43) which served as tender and tow ship during the three year national tour.
Source NARA RG 185-G Vol.19 # 29. |
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USS Constitution at Mare Island Navy Yard, 26 April through 2 May 1933, during her national tour.
File name: Constitution MI 4-26-33 31233-2-75 (Arriving)
File Name: Constitution MI 4-26-1933 Berth
File Name: Constitution MI 4-26-33
File Name: Constitution MI 5-2-1933 (Departing) |
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USS Constitution moored pierside in full dress, probably, during her 1933 national tour, location unknown. |
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USS Constitution moored pierside in 1933 during her national tour, location unknown. |
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USS Constitution moored pierside at Long Beach, CA. in 1933. |
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USS Constitution moored pierside at Boston Naval Yard in 1933.
US Navy photo. |
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Ships present, 24 June 1934, Charlestown Navy Yard, Boston, MA., from top to bottom;
USS Farragut (DD-348), unidentified (possibly a buoy tender) (left) Lake class USCG cutter
(either Modoc or Mojave (right);
USS PE-19,
USS Texas (BB-35),
USS New York (BB-34),
French Navy aviso D'Entrecasteux,
USS Constitution. |
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USS Constitution underway, date and location unknown.
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It takes four seamen to man the wheel of USS Constitution while she is under way, date and location unknown.
Mare Island Naval Shipyard photo # MINSY 18736-9-53 |
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USS Constitution spar deck.
Mare Island Naval Shipyard photo # MINSY 18737-9-53 |
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Scuttlebutt and Hardness Cask located on the Gun Deck of USS Constitution.
Mare Island Naval Shipyard photo # MINSY 18739-9-53 |
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Grog Tub located aboard USS Constitution.
Mare Island Naval Shipyard photo # MINSY 18740-9-53 |
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Souvenir print of the June 1933 national tour visit of USS Constitution to Everett, WA.
Printed on the reverse "Greetings U.S. Frigate Constitution, "Old Ironsidees" |
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USS Constitution's starboard battery of 24 pounders.
Mare Island Naval Shipyard photo # MINSY 18741-9-53 |
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One of USS Constitution's 24 pounders.
Mare Island Naval Shipyard photo # MINSY 18738-9-53 |
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Post card image of USS Constitution's gun deck, date unknown. |
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Post card image of USS Constitution's spar deck, date unknown. |
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Post card image of USS Constitution's stern, date unknown. |
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USS Constitution (IX-21) open to the public while moored in her berth at Boston Naval Shipyard, 26 July 1954 |
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Stern view of USS Constitution (IX-21) in drydock at Boston Naval Shipyard in 1957. |
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Post card image of USS Constitution (IX-21) at her moorings Naval Shipyard Boston, MA., date unknown. |
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Post card image of USS Constitution (IX-21)'s 32-pdr Carronades, date unknown. |
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The helm of USS Constitution shows the characteristic features ship's wheels from the time before steam or electric motors
controlled the rudder. Two wheels, separated by a winch barrel, allowed extra helmsmen to assist in heavy weather. The barrel is connected through the deck by a series
of ropes and tackles to the tiller which turns to rudder.
US Marine Corps photo, by Tia Dufour. |
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Post card image of USS Constitution (IX-21) moored at her berth in the Boston Naval Shipyard, South Annex, Charlestown, MA., date unknown. |
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USS Constitution (IX-21) under way in Boston Harbor, circa 1965. |
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USS Constitution (IX-21) with Chegodega (YTM-542) alongside in Boston Harbor, circa 1965. |
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Retired Navy Chief Petty Officer Joseph Morin, a 1930s USS Constitution crew member, visits his old ship, 23 June 1969. He wears his navy uniform for the occasion. Photo by Gerald R. Boling. |
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USS Constitution (IX-21) at Boston, MA., date unknown. |
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USS Constitution (IX-21) at Charlestown Navy Yard, Boston, MA., 16 August 1972.
Photo by Chris Light. |
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Navy divers go down to inspect hull of the frigate USS Constitution (IX-21) at Boston, MA., 11 April 1973, as part of getting the ship ready for drydocking. Parts of the ship will be rebuilt using specially cut white oak seasoned for two to three years as was done during the original construction. |
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USS Constitution (IX-21) at Boston, MA., 11 April 1974, moves out of drydock at Naval Shipyard Boston, after a year of repairs to her hull. The ship is undergoing a $4.2 million overhaul and is expected to ready in time for the countries 1976 bicentennial. The Boston skyline is in the background.
AP Wirephoto |
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CDR. Tyrone G. Martin, Commanding Officer USS Constitution, welcoming Queen Elizabeth II of England on board, 11 July 1976. Between them, doing the introduction, is SecNav J. William Middendorf, II. To his right rear are Prince Philip and RADM Roy E. Snyder. Commandant, FIRST Naval District. |
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CDR. Tyrone G. Martin, Commanding Officer USS Constitution and Senior Chief Boatswain's Mate Walter R. Gross receiving the ship's first Meritorious Unit Commendation from RADM Ralph R. Hedges, Commandant, FIRST Naval District, in October 1976. |
CDR. Tyrone G. Martin USN Ret. 49th CO USS Constitution |
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Seventy-nine year old Rear Admiral Grace Hopper, right, the nations oldest active duty military officer, salutes as she and Navy Secretary
John Lehman, left, leaves USS Constitution in Boston following a retirement ceremony for Admiral Hopper, 14 August 1986. |
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USS Constitution passes by the Boston skyline, 19 September 1987
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A starboard quarter view of the 44-gun sail frigate USS Constitution moored in a dry dock at the Charleston Memorial Shipyard, 25 September 1992. The ship is being prepared for its bicentennial celebration in 1997-1998.
US Navy photo # DN-SC-93-00813 BOSTON (25 September 1992) by CDR. John Charles Roach. |
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Restepping the 98 foot, 11 ton foremast of USS Constitution at the Charleston Naval Shipyard, 27 September 1994.
US Navy photo |
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USS Constitution, the world’s oldest commissioned warship, will celebrate her 199th Anniversary, 21 October 1996, at her home port in Boston Harbor, where the ship was first built nearly 200 years ago. With a 12 million dollar, 5 year overhaul almost complete, Constitution's crew plans to set sail in 1997 to celebrate her 200th anniversary.
US Navy photo # 961008-N-1214S-002 BOSTON, MASS (8 October 1996) by PH3 David G. Schmidt. |
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USS Constitution underway in Boston Harbor circa 1997. Photo by Janet Stearns, (courtesy of USS Constitution Museum, Boston). Photo from "Six Frigates", by Ian W. Toll. |
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USS Constitution underway in Boston Harbor, 21 July 1997, with six sails set and a crowd of civilian boats in the background with passengers observing.
US Navy photo by JO2 Todd Stevens. |
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USS Constitution firing her guns in salute in Massachusetts Bay, 21 July 1997, escorted by the Guided Missile Frigate USS Halyburton (FFG-40) (center) and the Guided Missile Destroyer USS Ramage (DDG-61) (right), as the United States Navy's Blue Angels pass overhead. Commissioned on 21 October 1797, Constitution set sail unassisted for the first time in 116 years.
US Navy photo JO2 by Todd Stevens. |
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USS Constitution sails in Boston harbor as the United States Navy's
Blue Angels pass overhead. 21 July 1997.
US Navy photo |
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A modern Sailor “mans the rail” from on board the guided-missile destroyer USS Ramage (DDG-61). Ramage provided escort for the worlds oldest commissioned warship, USS Constitution, while tugs aided in her transit to Marblehead Neck, MA. Commissioned on October 21st, 1797, Constitution will set sail unassisted on July 21st, 1997, for the first time in 116 years. Constitution celebrates its 200th birthday on October 21st of this year, after completing a 40 month overhaul.
US Navy photo # 970720-N-6483G-012 Off the coast of Massachusetts (Jul. 20, 1997) by PHC John E. Gay. |
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USS Constitution underway in Boston Harbor dressed with flags overall, 21 July 1998. A Navy League photo from "Warship Boneyards" by Kit and Carolyn Bonner. |
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The 64th unit of the US Navy Arleigh Burke-class, guided-missile destroyer USS Preble (DDG-88) at her commissioning ceremony at South Boston's Commonwealth Pier while moored bow to bow with the USS Constitution, the world's oldest commissioned warship, originally commissioned on October 21st, 1797.
US Navy photo # 021109-N-TW583-001 (November 9, 2002) (Boston, MA). |
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USS Constitution at Boston, MA., November 2003. |
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USS Constitution at Boston, MA., November 2003. |
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USS Constitution at Boston, MA., November 2003. |
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USS Constitution at Boston, MA., November 2003. |
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USS Constitution at Boston, MA., date unknown. |
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USS Constitution, the world's oldest commissioned warship afloat, is escorted to Boston Harbor's Castle Island by six yard patrol craft, 16 July 2005. The yard patrol craft, homeported in Annapolis, Md., are used to train seamanship skills to US Navy Midshipmen studying at the US Naval Academy. Constitution embarked on her third turnaround cruise of the year with approximately 600 guests aboard. Constitution makes several turnaround cruises a year.
US Navy photo # 050716-N-0335C-003 by JO1 Matt Chabe |
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Seventy Medal of Honor Recipients get underway aboard USS Constitution, the oldest commissioned ship afloat, for a turn-about cruise and a Medal of Honor flag presentation in Boston Harbor. The Medal of Honor is our country's highest military honor, awarded for acts of valor above and beyond the call of duty.
US Navy photo # 060930-N-0696M-027 Charlestown, Mass. (Sept. 30, 2006) MC1 Chad J. McNeeley.
US Air Force photo # 060930-F-2678S-001 Boston Harbor (Sept. 30, 2006) by Janice Abate.
US Air Force photo # 060930-F-2678S-068 Boston Harbor (Sept. 30, 2006) by Janice Abate.
US Air Force photo # 060930-F-2678S-057 Boston Harbor (Sept. 30, 2006) by Janice Abate.
US Air Force photo # 060930-F-2678S-042 Boston Harbor (Sept. 30, 2006) by Janice Abate. |
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USS Constitution makes her annual trip through Boston in celebration of the Fourth of July. Constitution, known as “Old Ironsides,” is the oldest commissioned ship in the Navy and oldest floating warship in the world.
US Navy photo # 070704-N-1189B-068 BOSTON (July 4, 2007) by MC2 Zachary L. Borden. |
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Sailors aboard multi-purpose assault ship USS Wasp (LHD-1) salute USS Constitution as she makes her annual trip through Boston in celebration of the Fourth of July.
US Navy photo # 070704-N-1189B-082 BOSTON (July 4, 2007) by MC2 Zachary L. Borden. |
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The first major snowfall of the New Year blankets the USS Constitution. Despite the weather "Old Ironside," remained open for free public tours. At 210-years-old, Constitution is the oldest commissioned warship afloat in the world, manned by 67 active-duty United States Sailors and visited by nearly half a million visitors annually.
US Navy photo # 080114-N-2893B-002 CHARLESTOWN, Mass. (Jan. 14, 2008) by MC1 Eric Brown |
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USS Constitution is moored at the Charlestown Navy Yard for her annual turnaround cruise. Every year since the 1950s, "Old Ironsides" turns 180 degrees to ensure even weathering on her hull, masts, rigging and yards. Constitution will maintain her summer schedule of free, public tours until her shift to winter hours Nov. 1.
US Navy photo # 080904-N-0167W-034 BOSTON HARBOR, Mass. (Sept. 4, 2008) by MC2 Clay Weis |
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USS Constitution returns to her pier after being underway to celebrate her 213th launching day anniversary.
US Navy photo # 101021-N-7642M-317 BOSTON (Oct. 21, 2010) by MC3 Kathryn E. Macdonald. |
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USS Constitution fires a 21-gun salute toward Fort Independence on Castle Island as part of Boston Harborfest, 4 July 2011. The six-day Fourth of July festival showcases Boston's Colonial and maritime heritage to honor and remember the past, celebrate the present, and educate the future with reenactments, concerts and historical tours
US Navy photo # 110704-N-AU127-185 by MCSN Shannon Heavin. |
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USS Constitution gets underway for her first turnaround cruise of 2012. The underway commemorated the 70th anniversary of the
Battle of Midway and recognized members of the Wounded Warrior Project. Constitution is the world's oldest commissioned warship afloat. She defended the
sea lanes against threat from 1797 to 1855, much like the mission of today's Navy.
US Navy photo # 120604-N-BJ178-118 BOSTON HARBOR (June 4, 2012) by
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USS Constitution sets sail for the first time since 1997 during an underway demonstration commemorating Guerriere Day.
Constitution is the world's oldest commissioned warship afloat.
US Navy photo # 120819-N-BJ178-157 Boston Harbor (19 August 2012 by MCSN Michael Achterling. |
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The world's oldest commissioned warship, USS Constitution, sails under her own power. This is only the second time in 131
years traveling without help. The last time Constitution sailed was 1997. This exercise commemorates the 200th anniversary of the Constitution''s victory
over the British frigate HMS Guerriere during the War of 1812.
US Navy photo # 120819-N-MJ265-090 CHARLESTOWN, Mass (Aug. 19, 2012) by MC1 Andrew Meyers. |
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USS Constitution sails under her own power into Boston Harbor, 19 August 2012, to commemorate the 200th anniversary of her victory over the British frigate HMS Guerriere.
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USS Constitution under sail in Boston Harbor, 10 September 2012.
Photo by Hunter Stires.
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USS Constitution officer of the deck watches over the ship from pier one Charlestown Navy Yard during Hurricane Sandy.
US Navy photo # 121029-N-BJ178-178 CHARLESTOWN, Mass. (Oct. 29, 2012) by MCSN Michael Achterling. |
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U.S. Coast Guard patrol boats and a tugboat escort USS Constitution, "Old Ironsides", out to Island Castle Hill in south Boston prior to firing a 21-gun salute, on 11 June 2005. This event officially starts Navy Week Boston, a series of community events sponsored by the Navy Office of Community Outreach. Constitution is the oldest commissioned vessel in the world. Note the historical museum ship ex-USS LST-325 in right foreground.
US Coast Guard photo # 050611-C-4938N-328 by Public Affairs Specialist 3rd Class Kelly Newlin. |
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The U.S. Coast Guard cutter USCGC Eagle (WIX-327)
passes USS Constitution in Boston Harbor during the ship's July 4th turnaround cruise as part of Boston Navy Week. |
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USS Constitution sails into Boston Harbor, 3 June 2011, during an under way Battle of Midway commemoration. The under way
honored approximately 200 members of Gold Star Families who lost loved ones in Operations Enduring and Iraqi Freedom and the Navy's victory at Midway Island in World
War II.
US Navy photo # 110603-N-SH953-005 by MC2 Kathryn E. Macdonald. |
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USS Constitution fires a 17-gun salute during the ship's first turnaround cruise of 2013. The underway commemorated the 71st anniversary of the Battle of Midway and recognized first responders of the Boston Marathon bombings. More than 300 first responders representing the Boston and state police, medical personnel and the Boston Fire Department were invited to participate in the underway commemoration.
US Navy photo # 130604-N-HN195-196 BOSTON (July 4, 2013) and 130704-N-HN195-489 BOSTON (July 4, 2013) by ST2 (Submarine) Thomas Rooney. |
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Sailors assigned to USS Constitution walk near the ship's berth in Charlestown Navy Yard during Winter Storm Hercules. More than 12 inches of snow had been forecast for the greater Boston area.
US Navy photo # 140102-N-SU274-003 CHARLESTOWN, Mass. (Jan. 2, 2014) by MC2 Peter D. Melkus. |
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MA3 Garrett Thormodson approaches USS Constitution to assist fellow Sailors with shoveling the ship's spar deck during a snowstorm. The greater Boston area averages 43.8 inches of snow accumulation each winter, and Constitution crew members are responsible for keeping the decks of 'Old Ironsides' snow and ice-free.
US Navy photo # 140205-N-XP344-021 CHARLESTOWN, Mass. (Feb. 5, 2014) by MCSN Victoria Kinney. |
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USS Constitution Sailors dress 'Old Ironsides' for the first time in 2014. Constitution crew members practiced dressing the ship for Monday's President's Day observance.
US Navy photo # 140212-N-XP344-011 CHARLESTOWN, Mass. (Feb. 12, 2014) by MCSN Victoria Kinney. |
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USS Constitution fires a 17-gun salute near US Coast Guard Base Boston during the ship's Independence Day underway demonstration in Boston Harbor. Constitution got underway with more than 300 guests to celebrate America's independence.
US Navy photo # 140704-N-OG138-866 BOSTON (July 4, 2014) by SN Matthew R. Fairchild. |
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Dry Dock 1 in Charlestown Navy Yard is flooded in preparation for USS Constitution's entry. Constitution
will be in dry dock for a multi-year planned restoration period.
US Navy photo # 150517-N-SU274-011 CHARLESTOWN, Mass. (May 17, 2015)
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USS Constitution enters Dry Dock 1 in Charlestown Navy Yard to commence a multi-year planned restoration period.
This is Constitution's first time in dry dock since its 1992-1996 restoration.
US Navy photo # 150518-N-SU274-033 CHARLESTOWN, Mass. (May 18, 2015)
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USS Constitution enters Dry Dock 1 in Charlestown Navy Yard to commence a multi-year planned restoration period.
This is Constitution's first time in dry dock since its 1992-1996 restoration.
US Navy photo # 150518-N-OG138-311 CHARLESTOWN, Mass. (May 18, 2015)
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USS Constitution The entire hull of USS Constitution is exposed for the first time in 19 years as Dry Dock 1 in Charlestown Navy
Yard is dewatered. Constitution entered the dock last night to commence a multi-year planned restoration period.
US Navy photo # 150519-N-SU274-011 CHARLESTOWN, Mass. (May 19, 2015)
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CDR. Sean Kearns, 73rd commanding officer of USS Constitution, and Anne Grimes Rand, USS Constitution Museum
president, remove the first sheet of copper from Old Ironsides to ceremoniously commence the ship's multi-year restoration period. The copper sheet is one of 3,400 that will be replaced on the ship's hull.
US Navy photo # 150609-N-XP344-017 CHARLESTOWN, Mass. (June 9, 2015) by MC3 Victoria Kinney |
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Ship restorers installing new copper sheathing on USS Constitution‘s port bow.
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USS Constitution in drydock for reconstruction work at Boston Navy Yard, 31 March 2016.
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USS Constitution sits in dry dock at the Charlestown Navy Shipyard. The frigate is the worlds oldest commissioned warship
afloat. She is nearing the end of a two-year restoration period.
US Navy Photo # 170208-N-NZ935-011 BOSTON (Feb. 08, 2017) by MC1 Joshua Hammond. |
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CDR. Nathaniel R. Shick relieves CDR. Robert S. Gerosa, Jr., as Commanding Officer of USS Constitution during a change of
command ceremony. USS Constitution, America's Ship of State, actively defended sea lanes against global threats from 1798-1855. Now a featured destination
on Boston's Freedom Trail, Constitution and her crew of active duty U.S. Navy sailors offer community outreach and education about the ship's history and
the importance of naval sea power to more than 500,000 visitors each year.
US Navy Photo # 171103-N-SM577-0383 BOSTON (Nov. 3, 2017) by MC3 Casey Scoular. |
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USS Constitution moored pierside at Boston Naval Shipyard.
US Navy Photo # 180103-N-NZ935-0022 BOSTON (Jan. 3, 2018) by MC1 Joshua Hammond. |
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USS Constitution resting peacefully in her Boston Naval Shipyard moorings, 23 August 2018.
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USS Constitution moored pierside at Charlestown Navy Yard, Boston, MA., 30 October 2018. Constitution,
America's Ship of State, is the oldest commissioned warship in the U.S. Navy.
US Navy Photo # 181030-N-KC438-0009 BOSTON (Oct. 30, 2018) by AN Olivia Manley. |
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USS Constitution is underway, assisted by a tug, in Boston harbor out to Fort Independence on Castle Island during 'Old Ironsides' underway commemorating
the Vietnam War. The event is in concert with the National Vietnam War Commemoration, committed to highlighting the service of U.S,. Armed Forces during the Vietnam War
and to thank and honor veterans and their families, and our allies.
US Navy Photo # 190517-N-AE894-0174 BOSTON (May 17, 2019) by SN Donovan Keller |
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