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As early as 1991, Commander David Cashman experienced suggested that Constitution should really sail to celebrate her 200th anniversary in 1997 instead of being towed. The proposal was authorised, although it had been thought to be a sizable enterprise considering that she had not sailed in above one hundred years.Constitution entered dry dock in

Constellation and President arrived at Tripoli around the ninth with Samuel Barron in command; Preble was pressured to relinquish his command from the squadron to Barron, who was senior in rank.[eighty five] Structure was ordered to Malta around the eleventh for repairs and, even though en route, captured two Greek vessels attempting to produce whe