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Her trouble-plagued voyage continued on thirteen February when her rudder was ruined during weighty storms, leading to a complete loss of steering Manage, Along with the rudder smashing into your hull at random. A few crewmen went above the stern on ropes and boatswain's chairs and secured it. The subsequent morning, they rigged A short lived steer

But a single month later on, she met with one of them again -- the frigate Guerriere. The British ship fired the initial shot of the legendary fight; 20 minutes later, Guerriere was a dismasted hulk, so badly weakened that she wasn't truly worth towing to port.The earliest recognized photograph of Constitution, undergoing repairs in 1858 In the out