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Captain Edward Preble purchased to get command of Structure in a very letter dated fourteen May possibly 1803[65] as his flagship and produced preparations to command a brand new squadron for a third blockade endeavor. The ship was recommissioned on 20 May well.[66] The copper sheathing on her hull needed to get replaced and Paul Revere provided th

Constitution in the course of the chase Constitution was recommissioned in December with Captain John Rodgers yet again having command to supervise A serious refitting. It had been overhauled at a value just below $100,000; even so, Rodgers inexplicably did not thoroughly clean her copper sheathing, leading him to later on declare her a "slow saile