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Article: USS Constellation sails home after a century; Civil War-era ship docks in Annapolis.(PAGE ONE)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- October 27, 2004
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Byline: Tarron Lively, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
ANNAPOLIS - The only remaining ship from the Civil War era returned yesterday to the U.S. Naval Academy for the first time in more than a century.
The USS Constellation, the last all-sail ship originally launched in 1854 and dry-docked at Baltimore's Inner Harbor, is in Annapolis through Monday to celebrate its 150th anniversary. Unable to make the nearly six-hour, 30-mile trek alone, the ship had to be towed by several tugboats down the Chesapeake Bay.
The ship - adorned with red, white and blue flags and buntings - slowly made its way along the bright blue waters. It docked at about 3 p.m. at the ...