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USS Constitution sails in commemoration of Battle of Bunker Hill
The crew fired a 21-gun salute and a 17-gun salute during the turnaround cruise, marking the Battle of Bunker Hill anniversary.
- The USS Constitution, Boston's floating historical landmark, sailed across Boston Harbor on Wednesday to commemorate the 251st anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill.
- First launched in 1797, the vessel was built in the North End and named by President George Washington, earning the nickname Old Ironsides during the War of 1812 when British cannonballs reportedly bounced off its wooden hull.
- During the cruise, the crew rendered a 21-gun salute off Fort Independence on Castle Island, followed by a 17-gun salute as the ship passed Coast Guard Base Boston, the former site of Edmund Hartt's Shipyard.
- Regular enlisted sailors managed the rigging, demonstrating skills not normally part of their duties; one sailor described the task as a "tremendous responsibility."
- The ship sails several times each summer for turnaround cruises, and the crew will unfurl the sails again in July and for the Boston 250 celebration.
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