Her dilemma-plagued voyage ongoing on 13 February when her rudder was weakened through major storms, resulting in a complete loss of steering Handle, Together with the rudder smashing into the hull at random. Three crewmen went more than the stern on ropes and boatswain's chairs and secured

But one particular month later, she met with one of them all over again -- the frigate Guerriere. The British ship fired the first shot of the famous fight; 20 minutes later, Guerriere was a dismasted hulk, so poorly harmed that she was not really worth towing to port. Now the oldest U.S. war