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Captain Edward Preble requested to consider command of Structure inside a letter dated fourteen May 1803[sixty five] as his flagship and made preparations to command a whole new squadron for a third blockade try. The ship was recommissioned on twenty Might.[66] The copper sheathing on her hull required to be replaced and Paul Revere provided the co

Constitution was becalmed and unable to operate with the five British ships, but Hull acted on the suggestion from his Initial Lieutenant Charles Morris. He ordered the crew to put boats above the side to tow the ship from range, applying kedge anchors to draw the ship ahead and wetting the sails to make use of just about every breath of wind.[one