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Constitution in the chase Constitution was recommissioned in December with Captain John Rodgers all over again using command to supervise a major refitting. It had been overhauled at a value slightly below $100,000; having said that, Rodgers inexplicably failed to cleanse her copper sheathing, leading him to later on declare her a "sluggish sailer"

Hull departed for France on five August 1811, transporting the new Ambassador Joel Barlow and his family; they arrived on 1 September. Hull remained near France as well as the Netherlands from the winter months, constantly holding sail and gun drills to keep the crew Prepared for possible hostilities Using the British.But a single month later, she