Structure in the chase Structure was recommissioned in December with Captain John Rodgers once more having command to oversee a major refitting. It had been overhauled at a cost slightly below $one hundred,000; nevertheless, Rodgers inexplicably didn't thoroughly clean her copper sheathing, leading him to later on declare her a "slow sailer".As bei
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incident in 1807 delayed her relief, and Campbell narrowly averted a mutiny by his homesick crew. ConstitutionSince the development on the US Naval Academy in 1845, there had been a expanding need for quarters in which to deal with the students (midshipmen). In 1857, Constitution was moved to dry dock within the Portsmouth Navy Lawn for conversion