Navie knows his constrition
 

It was a disgrace that the rich US had allowed her to reach this
condition but all that I said was true -as you can see.

http://www.hazegray.org/faq/smn8.htm#H2
"In 1994 the Navy surveyed Constellation and found her to be in very
poor condition. One officer reported that he could easily plunge his
finger through some of her major beams, due to the advanced state of
decay. Among other problems, she was leaking 1200 gallons a day and had
suffered 35 inches of hog. She was promptly closed to the public, and
all rigging and guns were removed. The frail hull was temporarily
supported by a network of steel cables and slings to hold her in her
proper shape until she could be drydocked"

In a strange quirk of fate it also turns out that on her first 'sail'
Constitution was _not_ released from her tugs Jeff.

Cheers