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Constellation and President arrived at Tripoli to the 9th 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 on the eleventh for repairs and, though en route, captured two Greek vessels seeking to provide wheat into Tripoli.As Constit

is the oldest commissioned warship on earth nevertheless afloat. Nicknamed “Old Ironsides,” she's today berthed in Boston and is known as “The us’s Ship of Point out.” Her Tale illuminates much concerning the U.S. Navy throughout the country’s initial one hundred years.The captain traveled to Virginia and done his personal survey in the