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Apprentice Training SquadronPurser Thomas J. Chew National Cruise Commander William Bainbridge Gunner John Lord Battle with HMS Java Midshipman Pardon Mawney Whipple Arms and Armament Commander Charles Stewart Navigation Escaping a British Squadron Life at Sea Gunner George Sirian Medicine Ira Dye Collection on Early Seafarers Battle with HMS Guerriere James Sever Collection Souvenirs Captain John and Mrs. Caroline Gwinn War of 1812 U.S. Naval Academy School Ship Construction and Launch USS Constitution in Popular Culture Ship Portraits Apprentice Training Squadron Commander Isaac Hull Marines Battle with HMS Cyane and HMS LevantApprentice Training SquadronPurser Thomas J. Chew National Cruise Commander William Bainbridge Gunner John Lord Battle with HMS Java Midshipman Pardon Mawney Whipple Arms and Armament Commander Charles Stewart Navigation Escaping a British Squadron Life at Sea Gunner George Sirian Medicine Ira Dye Collection on Early Seafarers Battle with HMS Guerriere James Sever Collection Souvenirs Captain John and Mrs. Caroline Gwinn War of 1812 U.S. Naval Academy School Ship Construction and Launch USS Constitution in Popular Culture Ship Portraits Apprentice Training Squadron Commander Isaac Hull Marines Battle with HMS Cyane and HMS Levant
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Apprentice Training Squadron
In 1879, USS Constitution became one of four underway training ships in a new U.S. Navy program: the Apprentice Training Squadron. Lasting until 1904, the apprentice program was designed to create a pathway into the Navy for qualified teens. They joined at one the Navy receiving ships, then were sent to a naval station for academic and naval education. After six months in the classroom, they joined one of the underway training ships for six months. If they successfully completed the program, the students transferred to regular duty warships where they continued their training at the rank of seaman apprentice second class.
As part of the Squadron from 1879 to 1881, Constitution sailed to various locales including stops in the Caribbean, Central America, Nova Scotia, and along the East Coast of the United States.
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