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A merchant captain named Samuel Dewey approved a small wager as as to if he could finish the process of removal.[167] Elliot had posted guards on Structure to ensure the protection in the figurehead, but Dewey crossed the Charles River in a little boat, using the sound of thunderstorms to mask his actions, and managed to saw off the majority of Jac

Captain Edward Preble ordered to take command of Structure in a very letter dated fourteen May possibly 1803[65] as his flagship and produced preparations to command a new squadron for a 3rd blockade try. The ship was recommissioned on 20 May perhaps.[sixty six] The copper sheathing on her hull necessary to be replaced and Paul Revere equipped the