Structure through the chase Constitution was recommissioned in December with Captain John Rodgers once more getting command to supervise A serious refitting. It had been overhauled at a price slightly below $one hundred,000; on the other hand, Rodgers inexplicably didn't clean up her copper sheathing, foremost him to later declare her a "slow saile

Captain Isaac Hull, who were appointed Constitution's commanding officer in 1810, set to sea July 12, without orders, to forestall getting blockaded in port. His intention was to hitch the five ships of Rodgers' squadron." Preble demanded that one other ship establish herself plus the stranger replied, "This is certainly His Britannic Majesty's shi