USS Constitution Under Sail
Mar 23, 2015 14:57:41 #
Bob Yankle wrote:
Fair winds and following seas. As a Naval Officer stationed in Newport, RI some years ago, I made a quick visit to Boston and have stood on her conning deck, albeit moored to the pier. I am a fond proponent of Navy tradition.
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Mar 23, 2015 14:59:35 #
Pixelmaster wrote:
The USS Constitution is the oldest active duty warship in the world. Here it is under sail from its home port in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Mar 23, 2015 15:28:48 #
The USS Constitution in color as you requested. Just a bit different from the black and white image.
Mar 23, 2015 15:45:49 #
Pixelmaster wrote:
The USS Constitution is the oldest active duty warship in the world. Here it is under sail from its home port in Boston, Massachusetts.
Nice shot. :thumbup: :thumbup:
Mar 23, 2015 15:46:16 #
Pixelmaster wrote:
The USS Constitution in color as you requested. Just a bit different from the black and white image.
Nice. :thumbup: :thumbup:
Mar 23, 2015 16:20:48 #
Take a closer look. the sail is aback and if you look closely on the port side under the stern you will notice exhaust blowing downward and slightly aftward.
Mar 23, 2015 16:38:42 #
Oh yeah...these are great shots. Nothing like a tall sailing ship at sail...just beautiful.
Mar 23, 2015 21:06:33 #
would love to see her sailing with nelsons flagship HMS victory beside her.
Mar 24, 2015 07:01:57 #
You may think that you see exhaust at the stern of the ship but the smoke is from one of the ships guns. The USS Constitution does not have any engines or propeller because it is a sailing ship from the 18th Century.
Mar 24, 2015 07:17:24 #
HMS Victory is on land and cannot sail. The ship was used in the filming of Captain Horatio Hornblower staring Gregory Peck and if you look closely at the scene where the Victory is used for a background you will notice that it has no sails. A very impressive ship when you stand beside it and realize what it took for the shipwrights to build such a vessel with no power tools.
Mar 24, 2015 09:03:24 #
jeanbug35 wrote:
Sure would like to see this in color.
This is an official Navy picture from that July day.
The private boats our there watching are just a few of the crowd that the Navy estimated at 10,000, and having been there, I don't doubt that estimate a bit. The sailboat off her stern, in the inner line and angling away from the Constitution may have been us, but in a boat prior to the Avatar. That's about where we were and from where my previously posted picture was taken.
USS Constitution 7/21/1987
Mar 24, 2015 11:47:48 #
Beautiful shot of the "Constitution". In what way is it still in active service? What role does it play?
Mar 24, 2015 12:46:13 #
From the official USS Constitution web site:
USS CONSTITUTION, the WORLD'S OLDEST COMMISSIONED WARSHIP AFLOAT and AMERICA'S SHIP OF STATE, promotes the United States Navy and America's naval heritage through educational outreach, public access and historic demonstrations both in port and underway in Boston Harbor.
http://www.navy.mil/local/constitution/visitors.asp
USS CONSTITUTION, the WORLD'S OLDEST COMMISSIONED WARSHIP AFLOAT and AMERICA'S SHIP OF STATE, promotes the United States Navy and America's naval heritage through educational outreach, public access and historic demonstrations both in port and underway in Boston Harbor.
http://www.navy.mil/local/constitution/visitors.asp
Mar 24, 2015 13:05:11 #
Pixelmaster wrote:
This has a special meaning for me since I was commissioned on the ship and I also had my retirement ceremony on her. I was an LDO Photographic Officer.
Wow- that's the trifecta of having a connection to a ship huh. You must have some amazing shots being the Photographic Officer- that is amazing.
Here are 2 that I have- one from a month ago because I wanted to get a shot before they put it away for restoration for 2 years, and the second one was when I saw it under its own power on August 19th 2012-It "honored the 200th anniversary of Constitution's decisive victory over the HMS Guerriere during the War of 1812, marking the first time a United States frigate defeated a Royal Navy frigate at or nearly equal size. It's also the battle in which Constitution earned her famous nickname "Old Ironsides."
Thank you for your service!
Mar 24, 2015 13:24:21 #
Good vantage points to photograph the ship. My hardest ones were to capture the ship at night with all its full dress lights on from a decrepit pier. I did not envy the captain navigating the ship in the Boston Harbor at night.
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