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150225-N-XP344-021 CHARLESTOWN, Mass. (Feb. 25, 2015)

150225-N-XP344-021 CHARLESTOWN, Mass. (Feb. 25, 2015)

150225-N-XP344-021 CHARLESTOWN, Mass. (Feb. 25, 2015) Sailors assigned to USS Constitution assist with mooring a barge supporting the new caisson for dry dock 1 in Charlestown Navy Yard. This will be the third ... More

Spectators observe a Pearl Harbor Day ceremony aboard

Spectators observe a Pearl Harbor Day ceremony aboard

Spectators observe a Pearl Harbor Day ceremony aboard the decommissioned Fletcher-class destroyer USS Cassin Young. The ceremony honors the 70th anniversary of the Dec. 7, 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. ... More

Senior Enlisted Academy Visits Old Ironsides

Senior Enlisted Academy Visits Old Ironsides

Airman Priscila Carmona discusses the history of USS Constitution with members of the Navy's Senior Enlisted Academy during a special tour. The Senior Enlisted Academy, which includes military members E-7 and a... More

Last of 12 Yards, US Navy Photogrpah

Last of 12 Yards, US Navy Photogrpah

Members of the National Historical Center Detachment Boston remove the foresail yard from USS Constitution. It was the last of 12 yards to be taken down from "Old Ironsides" during an ongoing two-year restorati... More

Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Foundation

Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Foundation

USS Constitution Sailors Seaman Nola Sparks and Seaman Andrew Lewis help retired U.S. Marine Sgt. Maj. Rudy Wieners, the public relations representative for the Boston Toys for Tots, load bags of toys into a va... More

USS Constitution celebrates the holidays

USS Constitution celebrates the holidays

Airman Apprentice Tenika Michaels assigned to USS Constitution helps a preschooler decorate the ship's Christmas tree. Crew members and more than 100 Charlestown students decorated the tree with ornaments they ... More

Seaman Nicole Davis shovels snow through a gun port

Seaman Nicole Davis shovels snow through a gun port

Seaman Nicole Davis shovels snow through a gun port aboard USS Constitution in Charlestown, Mass., Jan. 14. Despite the weather "Old Ironside," remained open for free public tours. At 210-years-old, USS Constit... More

USS Constitution restoration

USS Constitution restoration

Sean Cramis, with the Boston Detachment of the U.S. Navy History and Heritage Command, chisels treenails during the restoration of the USS Constitution in Charlestown, Mass., March 5, 2009. (U.S. Navy photo by ... More

HMCS Halifax. Warship photograph collection

HMCS Halifax. Warship photograph collection

The Canadian frigate HMCS Halifax (FFH 330) is moored astern of the oldest commissioned warship afloat in the world, USS Constitution, from March 5 - 8. Halifax's visit is part of scheduled engine and maintenan... More

USS Taylor arrives at Charlestown Navy Yard

USS Taylor arrives at Charlestown Navy Yard

The guided-missile frigate USS Taylor (FFG 50) shares the pier with USS Constitution at the Charlestown Navy Yard with the Bunker Hill Monument in the background. Taylor begins a five-day St. Patrick's Day week... More

Naval History and Heritage Command Detachment Boston

Naval History and Heritage Command Detachment Boston

Naval History and Heritage Command Detachment Boston ship restorer Bill Coleman builds trestles to support the uppermost portion of USS Constitution's main mast. Restoration of Old Ironsides' hull, masts and ma... More

Heritage training formal dinner

Heritage training formal dinner

Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Rick West talks with chief petty officer selectees during a heritage training formal dinner at the USS Constitution. Every year 300 chief petty officer selectees are chose... More

Combined Federal Campaign contribution form

Combined Federal Campaign contribution form

U.S. Navy Information Systems Technician 1st Class Jack Shrader, foreground, assigned to the wooden hull, three-masted frigate USS Constitution, completes a Combined Federal Campaign contribution form at the Ch... More

USS Constitution restoration. Warship photograph collection

USS Constitution restoration. Warship photograph collection

Employees of Naval History and Heritage Command Detachment Boston work to reinstall the mainmast fighting top aboard USS Constitution, the oldest commissioned warship afloat in the world and America's Ship of State.

Historic victory, US Navy Photogrpah

Historic victory, US Navy Photogrpah

USS Constitution commemorates the ship's historic victory over HMS Guerriere during the War of 1812. The victory marked the first time an American ship defeated a Royal navy ship. (U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Sha... More

Laying a wreath - A group of men standing on top of a wooden deck

Laying a wreath - A group of men standing on top of a wooden deck

Michael Jackson, left, direct descendant of Lt. William Bush, first U.S. Marine to die in battle at sea, and Marston Watson, direct descendant of Lt. Charles Morris, first lieutenant of USS Constitution during ... More

Chief petty officer selects stand at attention waiting

Chief petty officer selects stand at attention waiting

Chief petty officer selects stand at attention waiting for evening colors at USS Constitution during Chief Heritage Week Aug. 23-Sept. 3. More than 300 first class petty officers selected to be promoted to chie... More

USS Constitution, US Navy Photogrpah

USS Constitution, US Navy Photogrpah

USS Constitution fires the ship's saluting battery during a ceremony to commemorate the anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

Retired Rear Adm. Jay DeLoach, director of Naval History

Retired Rear Adm. Jay DeLoach, director of Naval History

Retired Rear Adm. Jay DeLoach, director of Naval History and Heritage Command, left, meets with U.S. Senator John Kerry in the captain's cabin of USS Constitution to discuss plans for the bicentennial for the W... More

John Kerry visit, US Navy Photogrpah

John Kerry visit, US Navy Photogrpah

U.S. Senator John Kerry shakes hands with Airman Bryan Pickett in the galley for USS Constitution sailors. Kerry visited Constitution with 16 friends he served with in the U.S. Navy. (U.S. Navy photo by Seaman ... More

Sailors assigned to USS Constitution and Naval History

Sailors assigned to USS Constitution and Naval History

Sailors assigned to USS Constitution and Naval History and Heritage Command Detachment Boston personnel handle lines to move Constitution from berth 2 to berth 1 at Charlestown Navy Yard after completion of con... More

Chief (select) Electronics Technician James Kyne helps

Chief (select) Electronics Technician James Kyne helps

Chief (select) Electronics Technician James Kyne helps with landscaping during a community service project at the Soldier's Home during USS Constitution's Chief Petty Officer Heritage Week. During the week the ... More

USS Constitution Sailor Shovels Snow

USS Constitution Sailor Shovels Snow

Airman John Fisher, aviation electrician's mate, shovels snow in front of USS Constitution. Constitution is the world's oldest commissioned warship afloat. (Photo by: Seaman Shannon Heavin)

Senior Airman Megan Dean

Senior Airman Megan Dean

Senior Airman Megan Dean, 374th Airlift Wing command post, stands in front of the wing headquarters building on night shift at Yokota Air Base, Japan, March 29. In support of Operation Tomodachi, Dean monitors ... More

The 2011 Bunker Hill Day parade

The 2011 Bunker Hill Day parade

Sailors assigned to USS Constitution march past Bunker Hill Monument during the 2011 Bunker Hill Day parade. The parade honors the 236th anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill, June 17, 1775, which was one of... More

Sailors assigned to USS Constitution demonstrate 17th

Sailors assigned to USS Constitution demonstrate 17th

Sailors assigned to USS Constitution demonstrate 17th century boarding pike drills at the Charlestown Navy Yard during Boston Harborfest. Harborfest is a six-day Fourth of July festival that showcases Boston's ... More

Sailors place the sail on the yard of the main mast

Sailors place the sail on the yard of the main mast

Sailors place the sail on the yard of the main mast aboard USS Constitution for the first time since the ship began a restoration period in 2007. Sailors assigned to Constitution routinely work to improve seama... More

Sailors assigned to USS Constitution perform a 17th

Sailors assigned to USS Constitution perform a 17th

Sailors assigned to USS Constitution perform a 17th century boarding pike drill at the 2011 Sunset Parade at the Charlestown Navy Yard during Boston Harborfest. Harborfest is a six-day Fourth of July festival t... More

Vice Adm. John Bird (right), Director of Navy Staff,

Vice Adm. John Bird (right), Director of Navy Staff,

Vice Adm. John Bird (right), Director of Navy Staff, Cmdr. Tim Cooper, the 71st commanding officer of USS Constitution, and Cmdr. Matt Bonner salute during "The Star-Spangled Banner" on the top deck of Constitu... More

Sailors furl the mizzen topsail for sail training aboard

Sailors furl the mizzen topsail for sail training aboard

Sailors furl the mizzen topsail for sail training aboard USS Constitution. The crew of the Constitution is training to improve seamanship skills in preparation for possibly sailing for the bicentennial of the W... More

First class petty officers selected to be promoted

First class petty officers selected to be promoted

First class petty officers selected to be promoted to chief petty officer march to the USS Constitution for the annual Chief Petty Officer Training Heritage Week aboard the ship. The chief petty officer selects... More

Chief petty officer selects get in formation to honor

Chief petty officer selects get in formation to honor

Chief petty officer selects get in formation to honor evening colors during USS Constitution's Chief Petty Officer Heritage Week. As part of heritage week, chief petty officer selects live and train aboard Cons... More

Petty Officer 1st Class Chrishinda Dobbs, assigned

Petty Officer 1st Class Chrishinda Dobbs, assigned

Petty Officer 1st Class Chrishinda Dobbs, assigned to USS Constitution, trains chief selects to climb aloft during Chief Petty Officer Heritage Week. The chief petty officer selects will live and train aboard U... More

Gordon Lincoln, rigging leader of Naval History and

Gordon Lincoln, rigging leader of Naval History and

Gordon Lincoln, rigging leader of Naval History and Heritage Command, teaches sailors assigned to USS Constitution to fold the spanker sail. Sailors are prepping the sail to possibly sail Constitution, the worl... More

Sailors place the sail on the yard of the mizzen mast

Sailors place the sail on the yard of the mizzen mast

Sailors place the sail on the yard of the mizzen mast aboard USS Constitution. Sailors assigned to Constitution routinely work to improve seamanship skills in preparation for possibly sailing the ship for the b... More

Sailors place the sail on the yard of the main mast

Sailors place the sail on the yard of the main mast

Sailors place the sail on the yard of the main mast aboard USS Constitution. Sailors assigned to Constitution routinely work to improve seamanship skills in preparation for possibly sailing the ship for the bic... More

Cmdr. Matthew Bonner, commanding officer of USS

Cmdr. Matthew Bonner, commanding officer of USS

Cmdr. Matthew Bonner, commanding officer of USS Constitution, Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kathryn MacDonald and Constitution's Command Master Chief Roxanne Rhoades cook for a Women's History Month o... More

Sailors assigned to USS Constitution furl the topsail

Sailors assigned to USS Constitution furl the topsail

Sailors assigned to USS Constitution furl the topsail on the main mast of the ship. Constitution sailors routinely work to improve seamanship skills in preparation for possibly sailing the ship for the bicenten... More

Sailors assigned to USS Constitution furl the topsail

Sailors assigned to USS Constitution furl the topsail

Sailors assigned to USS Constitution furl the topsail on the main mast of the ship. Sailors assigned to Constitution routinely work to improve seamanship skills in preparation for possibly sailing the ship for ... More

The War of 1812 Marine Guard escort Cmdr. Matthew J.

The War of 1812 Marine Guard escort Cmdr. Matthew J.

The War of 1812 Marine Guard escort Cmdr. Matthew J. Bonner, commanding officer of USS Constitution, to the ship prior to a commemoration of the Battle of Midway. The Battle of Midway took place, June 4-7, 1942... More

Sailors assigned to USS Constitution march in the annual

Sailors assigned to USS Constitution march in the annual

Sailors assigned to USS Constitution march in the annual Bunker Hill Day parade. The parade honors the 237-year anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill, one of the first major engagements of the Revolutionary ... More

Sailors assigned to USS Constitution haul a line during

Sailors assigned to USS Constitution haul a line during

Sailors assigned to USS Constitution haul a line during sail training on the mizzen mast of the ship. Sailors assigned to Constitution routinely work to improve seamanship skills in preparation for possibly sai... More

Sailors assigned to USS Constitution parade the colors

Sailors assigned to USS Constitution parade the colors

Sailors assigned to USS Constitution parade the colors for the opening ceremonies of the commemoration of the bicentennial of the War of 1812. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kathryn... More

Boston Navy Week, US Navy Photogrpah

Boston Navy Week, US Navy Photogrpah

The three-masted heavy frigate USS Constitution sits at her berth before Boston Navy Week in the Charlestown Navy Yard in Charlestown, Mass., June 28, 2012. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2n... More

Operations Specialist 3rd Class Gerald Coriolan helps

Operations Specialist 3rd Class Gerald Coriolan helps

Operations Specialist 3rd Class Gerald Coriolan helps Fireman Alex Wyble make her way across the main topsail yard during sail training aboard USS Constitution. Sailors assigned to Constitution routinely work t... More

Chief petty officer selectees carry seabags and personal

Chief petty officer selectees carry seabags and personal

Chief petty officer selectees carry seabags and personal items to a staging area during the first day of USS Constitution's Chief Petty Officer Heritage Week. The selectees will live and train aboard USS Consti... More

Navy chief petty officer selectees march in formations

Navy chief petty officer selectees march in formations

Navy chief petty officer selectees march in formations at Charlestown Navy Yard during USS Constitution's Chief Petty Officer Heritage Week, Aug 15, 2012. During the week the selectees will live and train aboar... More

USS Constitution, US Navy Photogrpah

USS Constitution, US Navy Photogrpah

U.S. Navy Boatswain's Mate 1st Class Conrad Hunt, the sail master aboard the USS Constitution, teaches basic line handling to Navy chief petty officer (CPO) selectees and their mentors during CPO Heritage Week ... More

Chief petty officer selectees haul away on the starboard

Chief petty officer selectees haul away on the starboard

Chief petty officer selectees haul away on the starboard side clew, setting the main topsail, during sail training as part of USS Constitution's Chief Petty Officer Heritage Weeks. The selectees will live and t... More

Chief (Select) Builder Subrina Stallings, assigned

Chief (Select) Builder Subrina Stallings, assigned

Chief (Select) Builder Subrina Stallings, assigned to Naval Support Facility Thurmont, paints a door at the Havard-Kent school during a USS Constitution Chief Petty Officer Heritage Week community service proje... More

USS Constitution. Warship photograph collection

USS Constitution. Warship photograph collection

USS Constitution crewmembers and chief petty officer selectees observe morning colors during USS Constitution's Chief Petty Officer Heritage Week. During the week the selectees will live and train aboard USS Co... More

Boatswain's Mate Seaman Recruit Abbie Applegate, assigned

Boatswain's Mate Seaman Recruit Abbie Applegate, assigned

Boatswain's Mate Seaman Recruit Abbie Applegate, assigned to USS Constitution, helps Elizabeth Frost, member of Naval Historical Heritage Command Detachment Boston, sew a patch into Constitution's main top sail... More

Meals on Wheels, US Navy Photogrpah

Meals on Wheels, US Navy Photogrpah

Sailors assigned to USS Constitution load a van with food for delivery to local senior citizens as part of Meals on Wheels. The goal of the Meals on Wheels Association of America is to end senior hunger by 2020... More

Thanksgiving dinner. Warship photograph collection

Thanksgiving dinner. Warship photograph collection

Command Senior Chief Nancy Estrada, assigned to USS Constitution, with fellow Constitution chief petty officers, serve Thanksgiving dinner to the crew. Constitution is the world's oldest commissioned warship af... More

Fireman Apprentice Dominique Robinson and Boatswain's

Fireman Apprentice Dominique Robinson and Boatswain's

Fireman Apprentice Dominique Robinson and Boatswain's Mate 1st Class Christopher Haws, both assigned to the USS Constitution, assist the Naval History and Heritage Command Detachment Boston with mousing the sha... More

Meals on Wheels, US Navy Photogrpah

Meals on Wheels, US Navy Photogrpah

Seaman Dennis Lopez and Seaman Recruit Edwin Baker, both assigned to USS Constitution, assist loading a van to deliver food to local senior citizens as part of Meals on Wheels. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communic... More

Cmdr. Matt Bonner, commanding officer of USS Constitution,

Cmdr. Matt Bonner, commanding officer of USS Constitution,

Cmdr. Matt Bonner, commanding officer of USS Constitution, gives Boston Red Sox outfielder Daniel Nava a command coin. The Boston Red Sox participate in a number of community events throughout the year. (U.S. N... More

Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON) Michael

Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON) Michael

Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON) Michael D. Stevens speaks with sailors assigned to USS Constitution. Constitution, a 214 year-old vessel, is the world's oldest commissioned naval war vessel afloa... More

USS Constitution crew member removes snow

USS Constitution crew member removes snow

Logistics Specialist Seaman Apprentice Jessica Carey, assigned to USS Constitution, removes snow from the ship's spar deck. Constitution is the world's oldest commissioned warship afloat. (U.S. Navy photo by So... More

Morning colors, US Navy Photogrpah

Morning colors, US Navy Photogrpah

Retired Chief Boatswain's Mate James Drown, left, assists USS Constitution Command Senior Chief Nancy Estrada and Chief Navy Counselor Louie Beasley with hoisting the American flag during morning colors aboard... More

Street cleanup, US Navy Photogrpah

Street cleanup, US Navy Photogrpah

Sailors assigned to USS Constitution help civilian volunteers remove trash from the streets of Charlestown as part of the Boston Shines neighborhood cleanup. Constitution sailors participate in numerous volunte... More

Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class William Sanchez, left, Naval

Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class William Sanchez, left, Naval

Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class William Sanchez, left, Naval Aircrewman (Helicopter) 1st Class Jonathan Smitherman, and Boatswain's Mate 1st Class Christopher Haws secure a gun port hatch for a 24-pound long gun abo... More

Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Peter Melkus,

Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Peter Melkus,

Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Peter Melkus, left, from Grand Blanc, Mich., ascends the mizzenmast aboard USS Constitution while Gunner's Mate 1st Class Thomas Endress, from Oviedo, Fla., supervises. C... More

USS Constitution operations

USS Constitution operations

Cmdr. Matt Bonner, commanding officer of USS Constitution, helps members of the Massachusetts chapter of Rolling Thunder dedicate a new POW/MIA flag to the USS Constitution. Rolling Thunder is a non-profit orga... More

USS Cassin Young operations

USS Cassin Young operations

Civilian contractors prepare to moor the decommissioned Fletcher-class destroyer USS Cassin Young (DD 793) to pier one in Charlestown Navy Yard. The ship, which served during World War II and the Korean War, wa... More

USS Constitution operations

USS Constitution operations

Fleet Master Chief April Beldo addresses USS Constitution crew members on the ship's spar deck during a visit to 'Old Ironsides'. (U.S. Navy photo by Sonar Technician (Submarine) 2nd Class Thomas Rooney/Released)

USS Constitution operations

USS Constitution operations

Fleet Master Chief April Beldo, right, receives a tour of the surgeon's cockpit aboard USS Constitution from Yeoman 3rd Class Esmeralda Ortega during a visit to 'Old Ironsides'. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communi... More

Sailors assigned to the USS Constitution march in the

Sailors assigned to the USS Constitution march in the

Sailors assigned to the USS Constitution march in the 2013 Bunker Hill Day parade. Bunker Hill Day is observed annually in the Boston area to commemorate the Battle of Bunker Hill, an American Revolutionary War... More

Double rainbow on the horizon

Double rainbow on the horizon

A double rainbow forms over USS Constitution after an evening thunderstorm. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Peter D. Melkus/Released)

USS Constitution sailors secure a sail

USS Constitution sailors secure a sail

Sailors assigned to USS Constitution secure a sail to a yard on the ship's mizzenmast. Constitution sailors conduct sail training during spring and summer months to learn seamanship techniques utilized aboard O... More

Sailors assigned to USS Constitution perform a War

Sailors assigned to USS Constitution perform a War

Sailors assigned to USS Constitution perform a War of 1812-era gun drill in Charlestown Navy Yard as part of Boston Harborfest 2013 festivities. Harborfest is an annual city-wide celebration of Boston's colonia... More

USS Constitution, US Navy Photogrpah

USS Constitution, US Navy Photogrpah

Cmdr. Matt Bonner, left, relinquishes his duties as the USS Constitution commanding officer to Cmdr. Sean Kearns during a change of command ceremony in Charlestown Navy Yard. Kearns became the 73rd commanding o... More

USS Constitution Sailors harbor furl the mizzenmast

USS Constitution Sailors harbor furl the mizzenmast

USS Constitution Sailors harbor furl the mizzenmast topsail in preparation for Old Ironsides’ underway celebrating her victory over the HMS Guerierre. The ship’s next underway is scheduled for Aug. 22. (U.S. Na... More

Back on the USS Constitution

Back on the USS Constitution

David Guay, left, and Raymond Drozynski, pay a visit to their former command USS Constitution. Drozynski and Guay were both stationed as deck seamen aboard Constitution in 1946. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communi... More

USS Constitution operations

USS Constitution operations

U.S. Navy Boatswain's Mate 3rd Class Abbie Applegate, assigned to the USS Constitution, paints an anchor displayed near the ship's berth at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, Mass., Aug. 28, 2013. (U.S. Navy ... More

Lt. Phillip Stevens delivers an invocation to crew

Lt. Phillip Stevens delivers an invocation to crew

Lt. Phillip Stevens delivers an invocation to crew members aboard USS Constitution during a commemoration ceremony for those who lost their lives in the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. (U.S. Navy photo by Mas... More

An aerial photo of the Bunker Hill Monument, USS

An aerial photo of the Bunker Hill Monument, USS

An aerial photo of the Bunker Hill Monument, USS Constitution and the Charlestown Navy Yard. The Bunker Hill Monument, Constitution and the yard are closed to the public as a result of the government shutdown t... More

Cassius Cash, superintendent of Boston National Historical

Cassius Cash, superintendent of Boston National Historical

Cassius Cash, superintendent of Boston National Historical Park (BNHP), talks with USS Constitution crew members about the effects of the Oct. 1 government shutdown on the ship's spar deck. Constitution and the... More

Vice Adm. Richard W. Hunt delivers his opening remarks

Vice Adm. Richard W. Hunt delivers his opening remarks

Vice Adm. Richard W. Hunt delivers his opening remarks at the commencement of his retirement ceremony aboard USS Constitution. Hunt, former director of Navy Staff, retired from the U.S. Navy after 37 years of n... More

Buzz Aldrin, retired NASA astronaut and U.S. Air Force

Buzz Aldrin, retired NASA astronaut and U.S. Air Force

Buzz Aldrin, retired NASA astronaut and U.S. Air Force Col., is escorted to the brow of USS Constitution by Cmdr. Sean Kearns, Constitution's 73rd commanding officer, for a tour of the ship. Aldrin, the second ... More

USS Constitution at full dress ship in its berth in

USS Constitution at full dress ship in its berth in

USS Constitution at full dress ship in its berth in Charlestown Navy Yard in celebration of the ship's 216th birthday. "Old Ironsides" was launched and commissioned Oct. 21, 1797, at Edmund Hartt Shipyard in Bo... More

USS Constitution's Christmas tree

USS Constitution's Christmas tree

Operations Specialist 3rd Class Edwin Baker helps fellow sailors assigned to USS Constitution with the ship's Christmas tree. Constitution's holiday tree lighting ceremony is scheduled to take place Sunday, Dec... More

USS Constitution during Winter Storm Hercules

USS Constitution during Winter Storm Hercules

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 is forecast for the greater Boston area. (U.S. Navy photo by Ma... More

Shoveling snow from Winter Storm Hercules

Shoveling snow from Winter Storm Hercules

Ship's Serviceman 2nd Class Justin Howard, from Phoenix, shovels snow through a transom gun port aboard USS Constitution following Winter Storm Hercules. The greater Boston area received nearly two feet of snow... More

Sailors assigned to USS Constitution assist a member

Sailors assigned to USS Constitution assist a member

Sailors assigned to USS Constitution assist a member of Constitution's maintenance and repair crew with folding the ship's mizzenmast topsail in preparation for Constitution's sail training season this spring. ... More

USS Constitution weathers snowstorm

USS Constitution weathers snowstorm

Visitors to USS Constitution walk near the ship's berth during a snowstorm in Charlestown Navy Yard. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Peter D. Melkus/Released)

USS Constitution dressed

USS Constitution dressed

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. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication S... More

Emergency medical technicians attend to a simulated

Emergency medical technicians attend to a simulated

Emergency medical technicians attend to a simulated injured visitor, played by a USS Constitution Sailor as a special operations officer stands guard during a joint anti-terrorism training exercise at the Charl... More

Aviation Structural Mechanic 3rd Class Jacob Cramer,

Aviation Structural Mechanic 3rd Class Jacob Cramer,

Aviation Structural Mechanic 3rd Class Jacob Cramer, center, originally from Livonia, Mich., and assigned to Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 132, greets pilot Lt. Scott Chuda, right, a native of Charlestown, N... More

Irish prime minister visits Charlestown Navy Yard

Irish prime minister visits Charlestown Navy Yard

Cmdr. Sean Kearns, commanding officer of USS Constitution, greets Republic of Ireland Prime Minister Enda Kenny upon his arrival in Charlestown Navy Yard. Kenny made USS Constitution one of his tour stops durin... More

Seaman Adam LaMantia, from Addison, Ill., climbs the

Seaman Adam LaMantia, from Addison, Ill., climbs the

Seaman Adam LaMantia, from Addison, Ill., climbs the foremast of USS Constitution for the first time while being supervised by Aviation Ordnanceman Airman Michael Schmid, from Marietta, Ga., during a sail train... More

150518-N-XP344-016 CHARLESTOWN, Mass. (May 18, 2015)

150518-N-XP344-016 CHARLESTOWN, Mass. (May 18, 2015)

150518-N-XP344-016 CHARLESTOWN, Mass. (May 18, 2015) Cmdr. Sean Kearns, 73rd commanding officer of USS Constitution, right, and Lt. Ryan Holland, Constitution's operations officer, observe from Old Ironsides' s... More

A Sailor assigned to USS Constitution ascends the ship's

A Sailor assigned to USS Constitution ascends the ship's

A Sailor assigned to USS Constitution ascends the ship's foremast during a sail training evolution. Constitution is scheduled to enter a three-year dry dock availability for restoration work in early 2015. (U.S... More

Sailors assigned to USS Constitution practice manning

Sailors assigned to USS Constitution practice manning

Sailors assigned to USS Constitution practice manning the mizzenmast topsail yardarm aboard Constitution during a sail training evolution in preparation for bending sails onto the ship.Constitution is scheduled... More

Sailors assigned to USS Constitution march in Charlestown's

Sailors assigned to USS Constitution march in Charlestown's

Sailors assigned to USS Constitution march in Charlestown's annual Bunker Hill Day Parade. The parade commemorates the 239th anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill, considered to be the first major battle of ... More

Maj. Gen. L. Scott Rice, the adjutant general of

Maj. Gen. L. Scott Rice, the adjutant general of

Maj. Gen. L. Scott Rice, the adjutant general of Massachusetts, addresses the crowd during a promotion ceremony held aboard the USS Constitution at the Charlestown Navy Yard here, June 16, 2014. (U.S. Army Nati... More

USS Constitution sail training

USS Constitution sail training

Seaman Wesley Bishop, from Fairfax, Va., stands on the mizzen mast fighting top aboard USS Constitution before beginning his climb to set and strike the topsail. Constitution Sailors conduct sail training durin... More

USS Constitution Sailor climbs aloft the mizzen mast

USS Constitution Sailor climbs aloft the mizzen mast

Fireman Cullen Torbett, from Morganton, N.C., climbs aloft on the mizzen mast shroud aboard USS Constitution. Constitution Sailors will be instructing nearly 300 chief petty officer (CPO) selectees on 19th cent... More

150814-N-XP344-383 CHARLESTOWN, Mass. (Aug. 14, 2015)

150814-N-XP344-383 CHARLESTOWN, Mass. (Aug. 14, 2015)

150814-N-XP344-383 CHARLESTOWN, Mass. (Aug. 14, 2015) Cmdr. Sean D. Kearns, right, commanding officer of USS Constitution, relinquishes his duties to Cmdr. Robert S. Gerosa, Jr. during a change of command cerem... More

A clamshell dredge performs maintenance work in Boston

A clamshell dredge performs maintenance work in Boston

A clamshell dredge performs maintenance work in Boston Harbor. Public domain photograph of dock building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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