Clown Prince of Spamalot wrote:

the USS Constitution serves NO military function

Pay attention Mark. I'll type slow so you can keep up.

The Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) is the senior military officer of the
Department of the Navy (that makes him a military officer).

The CNO is a four-star admiral (that makes him a military officer) and is
responsible to the Secretary of the Navy for the command, utilization of
resources and operating efficiency of the operating forces of the Navy (that
makes him a military officer).

A member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the CNO is the principal naval adviser to
the President and to the Secretary of the Navy on the conduct of war (that makes
him a military officer), and is the pricipal adviser and naval executive to the
Secretary on the conduct of activities of the Department of the Navy (that makes
him a military officer).

This high ranking military officer has as his flagship the USS Constitution.
Can't get much more "military" than that.

Ding ding, ding ding. Four bells and all is well.

de Hans, K0HB