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Structure in the course of the chase Constitution was recommissioned in December with Captain John Rodgers again having command to oversee a major refitting. It was overhauled at a price just under $a hundred,000; having said that, Rodgers inexplicably did not thoroughly clean her copper sheathing, main him to later on declare her a "slow sailer".H

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