Post by Sailor on Feb 11, 2015 15:50:47 GMT -8
America’s oldest warship afloat is headed into dry dock next month at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, but Google Maps and the U.S. Navy have made it possible for everyone to digitally visit the USS Constitution.
Just as Google made it possible to zip virtually up and down city streets almost anywhere in the world, it can now put you on and below deck of “Old Ironsides,” the still-commissioned Navy warship that made a name for itself in campaigns against the French, North African pirates and the British.
Cmdr. Sean Kearns, commander of the historic ship, called the timing of Google’s mapping ideal because preparation for the Constitution’s restoration had not yet begun.
“It enabled Google to photograph the ship pierside in her normal fully-rigged configuration before we down-rig the ship and move her into dry dock for restoration work,” Kearns said in a Navy announcement last month. The ship’s captain and crew all are Navy officers, sailors and Marines.
The ambitious restoration project includes replacing the vessel’s copper siding and making major restorations to the hull, interior and stern, the Navy said.
Read more: defensetech.org/2015/02/06/old-ironsides-now-ready-for-virtual-touring/#ixzz3RU2Lia2E
Defense.org
www.google.com/maps/views/streetview/us-highlights?gl=us#!view/streetview/us-highlights/uss-constitution-deck/Jjoh75kl7doAAAQZN_qRbA?heading=116&pitch=95&fovy=75
Just as Google made it possible to zip virtually up and down city streets almost anywhere in the world, it can now put you on and below deck of “Old Ironsides,” the still-commissioned Navy warship that made a name for itself in campaigns against the French, North African pirates and the British.
Cmdr. Sean Kearns, commander of the historic ship, called the timing of Google’s mapping ideal because preparation for the Constitution’s restoration had not yet begun.
“It enabled Google to photograph the ship pierside in her normal fully-rigged configuration before we down-rig the ship and move her into dry dock for restoration work,” Kearns said in a Navy announcement last month. The ship’s captain and crew all are Navy officers, sailors and Marines.
The ambitious restoration project includes replacing the vessel’s copper siding and making major restorations to the hull, interior and stern, the Navy said.
Read more: defensetech.org/2015/02/06/old-ironsides-now-ready-for-virtual-touring/#ixzz3RU2Lia2E
Defense.org
www.google.com/maps/views/streetview/us-highlights?gl=us#!view/streetview/us-highlights/uss-constitution-deck/Jjoh75kl7doAAAQZN_qRbA?heading=116&pitch=95&fovy=75