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"Ironmen"
Photograph, 1934
Bertram L. Boardsen Gift [1608.1]
Courtesy USS Constitution Museum

In the late-1920s, USS CONSTITUTION underwent an extensive restoration in Boston that was funded largely by donations from the general public.  To thank the nation, “Old Ironsides” went on a three-coast national cruise between 1931-1934.  The “Ironmen” were the crewmembers who were onboard CONSTITUTION for the entire national cruise.