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Her difficulty-plagued voyage ongoing on 13 February when her rudder was broken for the duration of hefty storms, leading to a total loss of steering control, While using the rudder smashing to the hull at random. Three crewmen went about the stern on ropes and boatswain's chairs and secured it. The following early morning, they rigged A brief stee

Constellation and President arrived at Tripoli around the ninth with Samuel Barron in command; Preble was pressured to relinquish his command of the squadron to Barron, who was senior in rank.[eighty five] Structure was requested to Malta on the eleventh for repairs and, even though en route, captured two Greek vessels attempting to supply wheat in