Captain Edward Preble purchased to consider command of Constitution in the letter dated fourteen Could 1803[65] as his flagship and made preparations to command a different squadron for a 3rd blockade attempt. The ship was recommissioned on 20 May perhaps.[66] The copper sheathing on her hull needed to be replaced and Paul Revere supplied the coppe

Constitution through the chase Constitution was recommissioned in December with Captain John Rodgers once again using command to oversee A significant refitting. It was overhauled at a cost just below $a hundred,000; having said that, Rodgers inexplicably failed to clear her copper sheathing, leading him to later declare her a "sluggish sailer".Lik