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Constitution during the chase Structure was recommissioned in December with Captain John Rodgers once more having command to oversee a major refitting. It had been overhauled at a cost slightly below $one hundred,000; nonetheless, Rodgers inexplicably didn't cleanse her copper sheathing, leading him to later on declare her a "slow sailer".This Web

Captain Isaac Hull, who were appointed Constitution's commanding officer in 1810, place to sea July twelve, with no orders, to stop becoming blockaded in port. His intention was to hitch the five ships of Rodgers' squadron.As a barracks ship in Boston c. 1905 In 1900, Congress licensed the restoration of Constitution but did not ideal any money f