Structure through the chase Structure was recommissioned in December with Captain John Rodgers yet again taking command to supervise a major refitting. It had been overhauled at a cost just below $a hundred,000; even so, Rodgers inexplicably failed to clear her copper sheathing, leading him to later on declare her a "slow sailer".Like a barracks sh

incident in 1807 delayed her aid, and Campbell narrowly averted a mutiny by his homesick crew. ConstitutionBut a single thirty day period later, she fulfilled with one of these once more -- the frigate Guerriere. The British ship fired the 1st shot from the legendary struggle; 20 minutes later, Guerriere was a dismasted hulk, so badly damaged that