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As early as 1991, Commander David Cashman had suggested that Structure should really sail to rejoice her 200th anniversary in 1997 in lieu of becoming towed. The proposal was authorized, even though it absolutely was regarded as a sizable endeavor given that she experienced not sailed in in excess of a hundred decades.Commemorative stamp, 150th an

But just one thirty day period later, she met with one of these all over again -- the frigate Guerriere. The British ship fired the first shot of your legendary fight; twenty minutes afterwards, Guerriere was a dismasted hulk, so terribly weakened that she was not truly worth towing to port.Considering that the development of your US Naval Academy