Captain Edward Preble purchased to just take command of Structure in the letter dated fourteen Could 1803[sixty five] as his flagship and created preparations to command a brand new squadron for a 3rd blockade endeavor. The ship was recommissioned on 20 May well.[66] The copper sheathing on her hull

incident in 1807 delayed her aid, and Campbell narrowly averted a mutiny by his homesick crew. Constitution As being a barracks ship in Boston c. 1905 In 1900, Congress approved the restoration of Structure but did not proper any cash for the undertaking; funding was being lifted privately