USS CONSTITUTION NEAR SAN JACINTO PIER

TEXACO OIL TANKER CARS ON THE LEFT AS USS CONSTITUTION IS TOWED DOWN THE CHANNEL

A BIRDS EYE VIEW

DEEPWATER POWER PLANT

HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL TURNING BASIN

SMALL POWER BOATS ALLOWED EASY ACCESS

ONCE DOCKED THE CITIZENS OF HOUSTON AND TEXAS COULD GET A CLOSER LOOK

USS CONSTITUTION AND MINESWEEPER USS GREBE

HOUSTON POWER BOAT "BROKER"

USS CONSTITUTION OFFICERS BOARDING THE POWER BOAT BROKER FOR A RIDE

GETTING THE DECK READY FOR THE CROWDS

A PRIVATE TOUR

COMPASS AND LOTS OF ROPE

VIEW OF THE GUN DECK

ANOTHER VIEW OF GUN DECK

THICK ROPE KEPT THESE CANNONS IN PLACE WHEN FIRED

MUSKETS AND CUTLASSES

OLD IRONSIDES CRUSING PAST THE SAN JACINTO BATTLEGROUND IN THE HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL

THE HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL IS HOME TO A HOST OF OIL REFINERIES

HOUSTON LIGHTING AND POWERS DEEPWATER POWER PLANT. A BRAVE PHOTOGRAPHER CLIMBS THE TOWER TOI GET THIS FANTASTIC SHOT AS THE SHIP GOES BY.

A SAFER VIEW OF THIS GRAND OLD SHIP

CROWDS LINE THE SHORES FOR A RARE GLIMPSE OF THIS WAR SHIP

OLD IRONSIDES WAS TOWED MOST OF HER COASTAL JOURNEY BY THE MINESWEEPER USS GREBE SHOWN ON THE RIGHT

GETTING A FEEL OF THE OAK SIDES

44 CANNONS KEPT THIS BOAT AFLOAT DURING MANY BATTLES

NOT ALL BATTLES WERE FOUGHT WITH THE BIG GUNS