Shop and Preserve Present your satisfaction in battlefield preservation by browsing inside our shop. Each buy supports the mission.For the reason that formation of the US Naval Academy in 1845, there were a increasing want for quarters during which to house The scholars (midshipmen). In 1857, Constitution was moved to dry dock at the Portsmouth Nav

As early as 1991, Commander David Cashman experienced advised that Structure ought to sail to rejoice her 200th anniversary in 1997 as an alternative to remaining towed. The proposal was accredited, though it had been considered a sizable enterprise because she had not sailed in in excess of a hundred many years.The earliest identified photograph