Captain Edward Preble requested to consider command of Structure inside of a letter dated fourteen Might 1803[65] as his flagship and designed preparations to command a brand new squadron for a third blockade try. The ship was recommissioned on twenty May.[sixty six] The copper sheathing on her hull required to be replaced and Paul Revere equipped

Constitution patrolled the North African coast for two a long time following the war finished, to implement the terms from the treaty.Constitution returned to serving like a museum ship, obtaining one hundred,000 readers each year in Boston. She was taken care of by a little crew who were being berthed to the ship, requiring extra reputable heating