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Constellation and President arrived at Tripoli around the 9th with Samuel Barron in command; Preble was pressured to relinquish his command of your squadron to Barron, who was senior in rank.[eighty five] Constitution was requested to Malta over the 11th for repairs and, though en route, captured two Greek vessels seeking to produce wheat into Trip

As early as 1991, Commander David Cashman had suggested that Structure should sail to rejoice her 200th anniversary in 1997 as an alternative to becoming towed. The proposal was accepted, though it had been considered a substantial enterprise because she had not sailed in around a hundred many years.Structure entered dry dock in 1992 for an inspec