Keywords: US Navy 091207-N-2967T-001 Sailors assigned to USS Constitution practice pipe patching aboard the floating wet trainer, Buttercup.jpg en NAVAL STATION NEWPORT R I Dec 7 2009 Sailors assigned to USS Constitution practice pipe patching aboard the floating wet trainer Buttercup The trainer which submerges into a 38 000-gallon pool simulates a sinking ship to provide a realistic environment for teaching Sailors damage control techniques Constitution the oldest commissioned warship afloat in the world and America's Ship of State is manned by 74 active duty Sailors and receives nearly half-a-million visitors annually U S Navy photo by Senior Chief David Twiford/Released 2009-12-07 091207-N-2967T-001 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 79171 U S Navy photo by Senior Chief David Twiford PD-USGov-Military-Navy Images from US Navy ship USS Constitution practice pipe patching aboard the floating wet trainer Buttercup The trainer which submerges into a 38 000-gallon pool simulates a sinking ship to provide a realistic environment for teaching Sailors damage control techniques Constitution the oldest commissioned warship afloat in the world and America's Ship of State is manned by 74 active duty Sailors and receives nearly half-a-million visitors annually U S Navy photo by Senior Chief David Twiford/Released USS Buttercup Damage Control Trainer |