Structure was becalmed and unable to run within the five British ships, but Hull acted over a recommendation from his Initial Lieutenant Charles Morris. He requested the crew To place boats more than the side to tow the ship away from vary, working with kedge anchors to attract the ship ahead and wetting the sails to benefit from each breath of win… Read More

Constitution over the chase Constitution was recommissioned in December with Captain John Rodgers once again having command to oversee a major refitting. It had been overhauled at a cost just under $one hundred,000; having said that, Rodgers inexplicably failed to clean up her copper sheathing, primary him to afterwards declare her a "slow sailer".… Read More