USS Constitution Underway and 21-Gun Salute

When:
Wednesday, Jun 17, 2026 10:00a -
1:00p

Where:
USS Constitution
Charlestown Navy Yard
Charlestown, MA

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Admission:
FREE

Categories:
History

Event website:
https://ussconstitutionmuseum.org/underway/

USS Constitution is scheduled to get underway from the Charlestown Navy Yard on Wednesday, June 17 at 10 a.m. in commemoration of the Battle of Bunker Hill and Freedom 250.


During the underway, the ship will render a 21-gun salute off Fort Independence on Castle Island at approximately 11 a.m., followed by a 17-gun salute at approximately 12:15 p.m. as she passes U.S. Coast Guard Base Boston, the former site of Edmund Hartt's Shipyard, where the ship was built and launched on Oct. 21, 1797.


The underway will be visible from the Boston Harborwalk, Castle Island, and the Charlestown Navy Yard. USS Constitution will be closed to the public on June 17 and will resume normal operating hours of 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on June 18.

All guests 18 years of age and older must present a valid state- or federally issued photo ID or passport to board the ship.


As the world's oldest commissioned warship afloat and America's Ship of State, USS Constitution played a vital role in the Barbary Wars and the War of 1812, safeguarding American sea lanes from 1797 to 1855.

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