BOSTON - USS Constitution is scheduled to get underway from the Charlestown Navy Yard, Massachusetts, on Thursday, May 16, at 10:00 a.m. This marks the ship's first underway of the 2025 season.
The ship will be closed to the public in the morning and will reopen for tours from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. following her return to port.
During the underway, USS Constitution will render a 21-gun salute off Fort Independence on Castle Island at approximately 11:30 a.m., followed by a 17-gun salute 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 October 21, 1797.
The underway will be visible from the Boston Harborwalk, Castle Island, and the Charlestown Navy Yard.
USS Constitution is open for free public visitation Tuesday through Sunday, from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
All guests 18 and older must present a valid state or federal 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.
