Brooklynite selected to serve aboard oldest commissioned warship afloat

Brooklyn native and Yeoman Seaman Recruit Sade Dennis checked aboard USS Constitution, May 5.

Duty aboard USS Constitution is one of the Navy’s special programs, and all prospectivecrew members must meet a high standard of sustained excellence and interview to be selected for the assignment.

Dennis has served in the Navy for four months and her previous duty station was at the Naval Technical Training Center in Meridian Mississippi. Dennis is a 2019 graduate of Academy for Young Writers in Brooklyn, N.Y.

USS Constitution, is the world’s oldest commissioned warship afloat, and played a crucial role in the Barbary Wars and the War of 1812, actively defending sea lanes from 1797 to 1855.