The fact is that as commissioned warships they are both pretty much useless to their respective navies other than as museum pieces If you have a sensible idea for a footnote I d be happy to hear it The current one is somewhat misleading almost suggesting that Constitution has always been afloat which couldn t be further from the truth Added to which when Constitution next has to spend 3 years in dry dock as she did in 1992 the footnote will be a complete nonsense