OLD IRONSIDE - AN OVERVIEW

As early as 1991, Commander David Cashman experienced advised that Structure should sail to celebrate her 200th anniversary in 1997 in lieu of getting towed. The proposal was authorised, although it had been regarded as a considerable enterprise considering that she experienced not sailed in about a hundred years.Structure entered dry dock in 1992

Constellation and President arrived at Tripoli over the ninth with Samuel Barron in command; Preble was pressured to relinquish his command with the squadron to Barron, who was senior in rank.[eighty five] Structure was ordered to Malta around the eleventh for repairs and, though en route, captured two Greek vessels trying to produce wheat into Tri