But one particular thirty day period later on, she achieved with one of these yet again -- the frigate Guerriere. The British ship fired the 1st shot from the famous fight; twenty minutes afterwards, Guerriere was a dismasted hulk, so poorly weakened that she wasn't truly worth towing to port.Constitution entered dry dock in 1992 for an inspection

Her problem-plagued voyage continued on thirteen February when her rudder was ruined for the duration of weighty storms, causing a total lack of steering Manage, Using the rudder smashing into your hull at random. 3 crewmen went around the stern on ropes and boatswain's chairs and secured it. The following early morning, they rigged a temporary ste