090704-N-0167W-156 BOSTON (July 4, 2009) GunnerÕs Mate Seaman Chris White, assigned to USS Constitution ejects a round from Old IronsideÕs 40 mm saluting battery during a 21-gun salute. Constitution cast off her mooring lines and got underway in Boston Harbor July 4 assisted by tug boats. At noon, the worlds oldest commissioned ship afloat sounded her saluting battery 21 times before returning to her berth in the Charlestown Navy Yard. ( Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Clay Weis/Released) US Navy 090704-N-0167W-156 Gunner's Mate Seaman Chris White, assigned to USS Co

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090704-N-0167W-156 BOSTON (July 4, 2009) GunnerÕs Mate Seaman Chris White, assigned to USS Constitution ejects a round from Old IronsideÕs 40 mm saluting battery during a 21-gun salute. Constitution cast off her mooring lines and got underway in Boston Harbor July 4 assisted by tug boats. At noon, the worlds oldest commissioned ship afloat sounded her saluting battery 21 times before returning to her berth in the Charlestown Navy Yard. ( Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Clay Weis/Released) US Navy 090704-N-0167W-156 Gunner's Mate Seaman Chris White, assigned to USS Constitution ejects a round from Old Ironside's 40 mm saluting battery during a 21-gun salute

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