1947 U.S.S. Constitution Sc 951 150th anniversary first day cover
The USS Constitution was recommissioned on 1 July 1931 under the command of Louis J.
Gulliver with a crew of 60 officers and sailors, 15 Marines, and a pet
monkey named Rosie as their mascot. The tour began at Portsmouth, New
Hampshire, with much celebration and a 21-gun salute, scheduled to visit
90 port cities along the Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacific coasts. Due to the
heavy itinerary, she was towed by the minesweeper Grebe. She went as
far north as Bar Harbor, Maine, south and into the Gulf of Mexico, then
through the Panama Canal Zone, and north again to Bellingham,
Washington, on the Pacific Coast. Constitution returned to her home port
of Boston in May 1934 after more than 4.6 million people visited her
during the three-year tour
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