A starboard quarter view of the 44-gun sail frigate USS CONSTITUTION moored in a dry dock at the Charleston Memorial Shipyard. The ship is being prepared for its bicentennial celebration in 1997-1998. The CONSTITUTION was launched on October 21, 1797, and is the oldest ship remaining on the Navy List. The ship's guns, masts and rigging have been removed
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Boston
State: Massachusetts (MA)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: CMDR John Charles Roach, Usnr
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
25/09/1992
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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