The USS Constitution has stopped its daily 8 a.m. and sunset cannon fire while in port due to “maintenance concerns.”
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The USS Constitution, the world’s oldest commissioned warship still afloat, announced Friday it has stopped its daily 8 a.m. and sunset cannon fire while in port due to “maintenance concerns.”
Staff for the USS Constitution, nicknamed Old Ironsides and docked in Charlestown, said on social media they are unable to move the saluting battery to support firing the gun safely…