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Oct 20th, 2009 at 8:46pm  
USS CONSTITUTION is making ready for an underway demonstration on Oct. 21st, the 212th anniversary of the ship's launch.

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Reply #1 - Oct 20th, 2009 at 11:30pm  
Wish I could be there for it.  She was built for a purpose that we seem to have forgotten in this country lately.  In fact if you were to ask kids now days I doubt if 10% would have any idea what she was.

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Reply #2 - Oct 21st, 2009 at 12:23am  
If I remember correctly, she is the oldest commissioned ship in the world!

She is STILL an activated ship on the US Navy logs!

What an impressive ship to tour!

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Reply #3 - Oct 21st, 2009 at 7:25am  
I was onboard yesterday. She's under restoration. She'll be doing a turnaround with no masts or yard arms but thats not stopping them.

Her cannons sound evey night at sunset.

She's crewed by the US Navy and  Marines.
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Reply #4 - Oct 21st, 2009 at 8:08am  
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I was onboard yesterday.


212 years.  You step aboard and suddenly...

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no masts or yard arms



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Truly a great ship.



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Her cannons sound evey night at sunset.


Keep missing your house, eh?



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Reply #5 - Oct 21st, 2009 at 3:09pm  
They'll probably take better aim now that they realized the masts and yard arms are gone.
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Reply #6 - Oct 22nd, 2009 at 1:44am  
At least you don't have to worry about being hanged, but how do they know when to start drinking?

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Reply #7 - Oct 22nd, 2009 at 7:19am  
Most people just stop in the souvenir shop instead of hauling a mast off for their mantlepiece.  Or maybe your trying to fit it into a bottle.



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Reply #8 - Oct 22nd, 2009 at 12:20pm  
Apparantly they haven't counted the cannons lately.  Cool
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Re: Happy Birthday to a Grand Old Lady
Reply #9 - Oct 22nd, 2009 at 4:03pm  
seaworthy wrote on Oct 22nd, 2009 at 12:20pm:
Apparantly they haven't counted the cannons lately.  Cool


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