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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.[85] Structure was purchased to Malta over the eleventh for repairs and, although en route, captured two Greek vessels trying to produce wheat into Tripoli.Com

Her trouble-plagued voyage continued on thirteen February when her rudder was harmed through weighty storms, resulting in a total lack of steering control, With all the rudder smashing to the hull at random. 3 crewmen went over the stern on ropes and boatswain's chairs and secured it. The following early morning, they rigged A short lived steering