A worker removes some of the copper sheathing from the sternpost of the 44-gun sail frigate USS CONSTITUTION 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 rudder has 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
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Date
25/09/1992
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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