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But just one thirty day period afterwards, she met with one of them yet again -- the frigate Guerriere. The British ship fired the very first shot in the legendary battle; 20 minutes later on, Guerriere was a dismasted hulk, so terribly broken that she was not truly worth towing to port.As Constitution settled in once again in the Academy, a series

Her issue-plagued voyage continued on 13 February when her rudder was weakened in the course of large storms, causing a complete lack of steering Manage, Along with the rudder smashing into your hull at random. Three crewmen went more than the stern on ropes and boatswain's chairs and secured it. The following morning, they rigged a temporary steer