Where:
USS Constitution Museum
Boston Harbor
Boston, MA
Admission:
FREE
Categories:
Social Good
Event website:
https://ussconstitutionmuseum.org/events/cpo_underway-2019-2/
USS Constitution will be getting underway from the Charlestown Navy Yard on Friday, August 30 at 8:00 a.m. in celebration of the conclusion of Chief Petty Officer (CPO) Heritage Week.
The ship will travel to Fort Independence on Castle Island where she will be firing a 21-gun salute at approximately 10:00 a.m. An additional 17-gun salute will be fired as she passes the U.S. Coast Guard Station, the former site of Edmund Hartt Shipyard where Constitution was built and launched. Following the second salute Constitution will return to her berth at pier 1, Charlestown Navy Yard by 12:00 p.m.
The public is encouraged to view the underway from around Boston Harbor, Castle Island or the Charlestown Navy Yard.
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