RUMORED BUZZ ON OLDIRONSIDE

A merchant captain named Samuel Dewey recognized a little wager as as to whether he could comprehensive the undertaking of elimination.[167] Elliot experienced posted guards on Constitution to make sure the security of the figurehead, but Dewey crossed the Charles River in a little boat, utilizing the noise of thunderstorms to mask his actions, and

Constitution over the chase Constitution was recommissioned in December with Captain John Rodgers once again getting command to oversee a major refitting. It absolutely was overhauled at a price slightly below $a hundred,000; nevertheless, Rodgers inexplicably failed to clean her copper sheathing, main him to afterwards declare her a "sluggish sail