Her difficulty-plagued voyage ongoing on thirteen February when her rudder was broken in the course of large storms, causing a total lack of steering Manage, Together with the rudder smashing to the hull at random. Three crewmen went more than the stern on ropes and boatswain's chairs and secured it. The subsequent early morning, they rigged a temp

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