Constellation and President arrived at Tripoli over the 9th with Samuel Barron in command; Preble was pressured to relinquish his command on the squadron to Barron, who was senior in rank.[eighty five] Constitution was ordered to Malta over the 11th for repairs and, while en route, captured two Greek vessels trying to deliver wheat into Tripoli.The

But one particular thirty day period afterwards, she met with one of them yet again -- the frigate Guerriere. The British ship fired the initial shot with the famous struggle; 20 minutes later, Guerriere was a dismasted hulk, so badly broken that she was not worthy of towing to port.Since the formation with the US Naval Academy in 1845, there were