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Her difficulty-plagued voyage continued on 13 February when her rudder was ruined all through weighty storms, causing a complete lack of steering Management, With all the rudder smashing into the hull at random. Three crewmen went over the stern on ropes and boatswain's chairs and secured it. The subsequent morning, they rigged A brief steering pro

Constellation and President arrived at Tripoli within the 9th with Samuel Barron in command; Preble was pressured to relinquish his command of your squadron to Barron, who was senior in rank.[85] Constitution was ordered to Malta about the eleventh for repairs and, when en route, captured two Greek vessels seeking to provide wheat into Tripoli.Sinc