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Constitution throughout the chase Structure was recommissioned in December with Captain John Rodgers again getting command to supervise a major refitting. It had been overhauled at a price just under $one hundred,000; nevertheless, Rodgers inexplicably didn't clear her copper sheathing, main him to later declare her a "sluggish sailer".Because the

Captain Isaac Hull, who had been appointed Structure's commanding officer in 1810, place to sea July twelve, devoid of orders, to avoid being blockaded in port. His intention was to affix the five ships of Rodgers' squadron.But just one month afterwards, she fulfilled with one of them all over again -- the frigate Guerriere. The British ship fired