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Constellation and President arrived at Tripoli to the ninth with Samuel Barron in command; Preble was pressured to relinquish his command in the squadron to Barron, who was senior in rank.[85] Constitution was ordered to Malta around the eleventh for repairs and, while en route, captured two Greek vessels trying to deliver wheat into Tripoli.The ea

Her difficulty-plagued voyage continued on 13 February when her rudder was harmed throughout weighty storms, leading to a complete lack of steering Regulate, With all the rudder smashing in the hull at random. 3 crewmen went about the stern on ropes and boatswain's chairs and secured it. The following morning, they rigged a temporary steering metho