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If you're doing Saturday chores... or the next time you clean a floor, be thankful for modern mops. The crew of CONSTITUTION cleaned the decks with holystones. Check out this quick video to learn how they were used and the backstory behind the name: bit.ly/47e9sap

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If youre doing Saturday chores... or the next time you clean a floor, be thankful for modern mops. The crew of CONSTITUTION cleaned the decks with holystones. Check out this quick video to learn how they were used and the backstory behind the name: https://bit.ly/47e9sap

#OldIronsides

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I remember holystoning the teak wood deck while aboard the USS Little Rock CLG-4 in 1st Div in 1973.

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