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Old Ironsides, as the warship is known, is scheduled to take about 200 health care workers and first responders on a three-hour tour in Boston Harbor this coming Friday, the Navy said in a statement.
USS Constitution goes underway for first time in more than a year Share Updated: 3:36 PM EDT May 21, 2021
USS Constitution goes underway for first time in more than a year Share Updated: 3:36 PM EDT May 21, 2021
TRACKING THE COVID-19 VACCINE Share Updated: 3:36 PM EDT May 21, 2021 The USS Constitution went underway Friday from Charlestown Navy Yard for the first time in more than a year. The underway featured demonstrations on climbing, firing a 19th century, 24-pound long gun and using shipboard weaponry, and it ended with a 21-gun salute.USS Constitution fired an additional 17-gun salute as she passes U.S. Coast Guard Sector Boston, the former site of the Edmund Hartt’s Shipyard, where USS Constitution was built and launched on Oct. 21, 1797. USS Constitution’s underway was viewable from the Boston Harborwalk, Castle Island and Charlestown Navy Yard. The ship will reopen to the public for tours after the underway from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. N