Constellation and President arrived at Tripoli on the 9th with Samuel Barron in command; Preble was compelled to relinquish his command of the squadron to Barron, who was senior in rank.[85] Constitution was requested to Malta within the 11th for repairs and, although en route, captured two Greek vessels seeking to supply wheat into Tripoli.Because

But a person month later, she achieved with one of these once more -- the frigate Guerriere. The British ship fired the first shot of your famous fight; twenty minutes later on, Guerriere was a dismasted hulk, so poorly broken that she wasn't well worth towing to port.Now the oldest U.S. warship nevertheless in commission, Constitution continues to