USS Constitution‘s carronades, long guns, upper masts, and yards were removed to lighten the ship before floating her into dry dock for restoration on May 18, 2015.
![Guns](/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Guns.jpg)
![Guns](/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Guns.jpg)
The Author(s)
Margherita M. Desy
Historian, Naval History & Heritage Command
Margherita M. Desy is the Historian for USS Constitution at Naval History and Heritage Command Detachment Boston.