Keywords: US Navy 070530-N-2893B-001 About 100 feet above the deck of USS Constitution, Yeoman 1st Class Rob Santiago and Seaman Nola Sparks bend a 500-lb., 158-square yard cotton canvas sail.jpg en CHARLESTOWN Mass May 30 2007 - About 100 feet above the deck of USS Constitution Yeoman 1st Class Rob Santiago and Seaman Nola Sparks bend a 500-lb 158-square yard cotton canvas sail to the ship's portside mizzenmast topsail yard About 20 Sailors spent several hours on May 30 2007 rigging the first of six sails to the 2 200-ton three-masted wooden frigate readying Old Ironsides for two underway demonstrations this summer USS Constitution is - at 209 years old - the oldest commissioned warship afloat in the world manned by 64 active duty U S Navy Sailors and visited by nearly half a million tourists annually U S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class SW Eric Brown RELEASED 2007-05-30 070530-N-2893B-001 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 46976 U S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class SW Eric Brown PD-USGov-Military-Navy Military in Massachusetts USS Constitution in 21st century Sailors aloft |