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Structure throughout the chase Structure was recommissioned in December with Captain John Rodgers again getting command to supervise A significant refitting. It had been overhauled at a price just under $one hundred,000; however, Rodgers inexplicably did not clean up her copper sheathing, major him to later on declare her a "gradual sailer".For the

Captain Isaac Hull, who were appointed Constitution's commanding officer in 1810, place to sea July twelve, without having orders, to circumvent currently being blockaded in port. His intention was to hitch the five ships of Rodgers' squadron.But a single thirty day period afterwards, she fulfilled with one of these once more -- the frigate Guerrie