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But 1 month later, she met with one of them yet again -- the frigate Guerriere. The British ship fired the initial shot with the legendary fight; 20 minutes afterwards, Guerriere was a dismasted hulk, so poorly damaged that she was not worthy of towing to port.The captain traveled to Virginia and performed his very own survey of the ship's requirem

As early as 1991, Commander David Cashman had instructed that Constitution ought to sail to rejoice her 200th anniversary in 1997 instead of getting towed. The proposal was permitted, though it had been considered a substantial enterprise due to the fact she experienced not sailed in over one hundred several years.As Structure settled in once more