THE OLD IRON SIDE DIARIES

But a single thirty day period afterwards, she achieved with one of these once again -- the frigate Guerriere. The British ship fired the very first shot in the famous battle; 20 minutes afterwards, Guerriere was a dismasted hulk, so terribly destroyed that she was not well worth towing to port.Now the oldest U.S. warship nevertheless in Fee, Struc

Constellation and President arrived at Tripoli to the ninth with Samuel Barron in command; Preble was forced to relinquish his command of the squadron to Barron, who was senior in rank.[eighty five] Structure was ordered to Malta to the 11th for repairs and, though en route, captured two Greek vessels trying to provide wheat into Tripoli.Commemorat