Boston.com: As thousands of onlookers cheered from Castle Island in South Boston, the USS Constitution sailed under its own power Sunday for just the second time in 131 years, marking the 200th anniversary of the battle that earned it...

Boston Globe: It’s a long way from those futuristic, high-tech assignments the Navy celebrates in its recruiting advertisements on television, bristling with lasers, sonar, and mammoth battleships. The 214-year-old USS Constitution, Old Ironsides, is wind-powered. Its cannons haven’t fired...

Cape Cod Online: Trees growing at the Crane Naval Surface Warfare Center in southwestern Indiana will one day be part of the world’s oldest commissioned warship. Representatives from the Boston Navy Yard were at the center recently looking at...