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Constitution was becalmed and not able to run through the 5 British ships, but Hull acted over a recommendation from his Initially Lieutenant Charles Morris. He purchased the crew to put boats more than the side to tow the ship from assortment, working with kedge anchors to attract the ship forward and wetting the sails to take full advantage of ev

incident in 1807 delayed her relief, and Campbell narrowly averted a mutiny by his homesick crew. ConstitutionBut just one month afterwards, she met with one of these yet again -- the frigate Guerriere. The British ship fired the primary shot with the famous battle; 20 minutes later on, Guerriere was a dismasted hulk, so badly destroyed that she wa