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She was involved in a extreme collision Along with the English brig Confidence, reducing her in half, which sank with the lack of her captain. The surviving crew associates ended up carried back to The usa, the place Constitution was put in common Again, this time in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, in January 1851.[181]Because the formation with the US Nav

Her challenge-plagued voyage continued on thirteen February when her rudder was harmed all through large storms, causing a total loss of steering Command, While using the rudder smashing into the hull at random. Three crewmen went over the stern on ropes and boatswain's chairs and secured it. Another morning, they rigged A short lived steering syst