Boston, MA (Jul. 4, 2002) -- USS Constitution (“Old Ironsides”), the oldest commissioned warship afloat, makes her annual 4th of July “turnaround cruise” in Boston Harbor where a 21-gun salute is also rendered off Castle Island’s Fort Independence in South Boston. This year, the Secretary of the Navy, The Honorable Gordon England witnessed a swearing-in ceremony aboard the ship, where more than two-dozen immigrants were sworn in as naturalized citizens. U.S. Navy photo by Journalist Seaman Joe Burgess. (RELEASED)