As early as 1991, Commander David Cashman had prompt that Constitution should really sail to celebrate her 200th anniversary in 1997 as an alternative to remaining towed. The proposal was accepted, though it was regarded as a considerable enterprise because she had not sailed in around a hundred years.Constitution entered dry dock in 1992 for an i

She was linked to a intense collision with the English brig Self esteem, cutting her in half, which sank with the loss of her captain. The surviving crew associates had been carried back again to The us, exactly where Constitution was put in everyday Once more, this time within the Brooklyn Navy Property, in January 1851.[181]Commemorative stamp, 1