From the November 8, 2020, Gadsden Times "David Murdock Column: On unusual American military units."
He found out about an unusual naval facility located in the middle of Indiana, not exactly where you'd expect to find a naval unit based. It is the Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division and is located neat Bloomington, Indiana.
According to the Navy, it is the third largest naval installation in the world.
But what really caught Mr. Murdock's eyes a forest of white oak trees. was the fact that it maintains a forest of white oak trees. And the reason it exists and is so large is a warship named the USS Constitution. This old ship, the longest commissioned warship in the world, requires white oak trees for repair and rehabilitation.
The Constitution is a wooden sailing frigate that was launched in 1797. It is the oldest warship still afloat (Britain's HMS Victory has been afloat slightly longer, but is in permanent drydock).
--Brock-Perry
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