It’s happening … tomorrow! ⚓️🇺🇸Finally, welcome to our underway season! We are pleased to announce that USS Constitution is scheduled to go underway this Friday, May 17th, from Charlestown Navy Yard at 10:00 a.m.
The cruise will be viewable from the Boston Harborwalk, Castle Island, and Charlestown Navy Yard.
We will fire a 21-gun salute viewable from Fort Independence on Castle Island at approximately 11:30 a.m.
We will be open for tours from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. on May 17th.
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What's tomorrow, besides 17 May? Anything special? ⚓🇺🇲⚓
And just like that, BOOM! It's #humpday and May! Don't let the week go by without planning your visit! bit.ly/4aVJB7v ⚓ ☀️
📷 Courtesy U.S. Navy
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How do you prepare a 1900+ ton vessel for repairs? Check out the time-lapse to see the installation of USS Constitution‘s keel blocks and haul blocks in Dry Dock 1, Charlestown Navy Yard. The build-out of the blocks supported Constitution‘s keel and lower hull during a two-and-a-half-year restoration.
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USS Constitution has been honored on a U.S. postage stamp twice. On October 21, 1947, the Post Office Department issued a 3-cent stamp on board “Old Ironsides” to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the ship’s launch. A local architect named Andrew Hepburn used ship models, plans, and original sources for the design depicting the Ship under an arch of sixteen stars representing the sixteen states of America at the time of the ship’s launch in 1797. The second stamp was issued in 2012 as a "forever stamp" as the first in a series commemorating the bicentennial of the War of 1812. The stamp depicts an 1803 painting attributed to Neapolitan artist Michele Felice Cornè – the earliest known image of “Old Ironsides.” We think that's a fitting tribute! Which stamp design do you like best?
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I'm the lucky owner of both!
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