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To: ConorMacNessa
Conor...do I understand correctly that the Constitution is still commissioned?
44 posted on 03/23/2012 7:00:08 PM PDT by AZamericonnie
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To: AZamericonnie
That is indeed correct! On the Department of Defense photo pages, the pictures of the Constitution formerly bore a legend such as "The U.S. Navy’s sailing ship USS Constitution, the world’s oldest commissioned warship, . . . " The HMS Victory is, I believe, still afloat, but I do not know if it is actively commissioned, or whether it is only a museum. I also don't know whether it is capable of sailing at this juncture. Constitution ventures out at lest once a year.



USS Constitution under sail in Massachusetts Bay, 21JUL97



Nos genuflectitur ad non princeps sed Princeps Pacem!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

70 posted on 03/23/2012 7:24:37 PM PDT by ConorMacNessa (HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel defend us in Battle!)
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