070530-N-2893B-001 CHARLESTOWN, Mass. (May 30, 2007) Ð About 100 feet above the deck of USS Constitution, Yeoman 1st Class Rob Santiago and Seaman Nola Sparks bend a 500-lb., 158-square yard cotton canvas sail to the shipÕs portside mizzenmast topsail yard. About 20 Sailors spent several hours rigging the first of six sails to the 2,200-ton, three-masted wooden frigate, readying ÒOld IronsidesÓ for two underway demonstrations this summer. USS Constitution is Ð at 209 years old Ð the oldest commissioned warship afloat in the world, manned by 64 active duty Navy Sailors, and visited by near
070530-N-2893B-001 CHARLESTOWN, Mass. (May 30, 2007) Ð About 100 feet above the deck of USS Constitution, Yeoman 1st Class Rob Santiago and Seaman Nola Sparks bend a 500-lb., 158-square yard cotton canvas sail to the shipÕs portside mizzenmast topsail yard. About 20 Sailors spent several hours rigging the first of six sails to the 2,200-ton, three-masted wooden frigate, readying ÒOld IronsidesÓ for two underway demonstrations this summer. USS Constitution is Ð at 209 years old Ð the oldest commissioned warship afloat in the world, manned by 64 active duty Navy Sailors, and visited by nearly half a million tourists annually. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Eric Brown (RELEASED) US Navy 070530-N-2893B-001 About 100 feet above the deck of USS Constitution, Yeoman 1st Class Rob Santiago and Seaman Nola Sparks bend a 500-lb., 158-square yard cotton canvas sail
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