[originalbuckeye]

Old Ironsides does a ‘turnaround’ once a year. And she is fully staffed with Navy personnel, at all times. And she really is an awesome sight.

[JimRed]

Old Ironsides does a ‘turnaround’ once a year. And she is fully staffed with Navy personnel, at all times.

When I served in the early 1960s it never dawned on me to request an assignment to her or another of the few heritage ships still manned by Navy crews.

[IronJack]

I built a model of the Constitution when I was a kid. It was a big one — very detailed. I knew every line, halyard, lanyard, stay, spar, yard, and sail on that ship. I could still probably name most of them.

My dad, who had an 8th-grade education, could recite the Oliver Wendell Holmes poem by heart.”Aye, tear her tatter’d ensign down ...”