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incident in 1807 delayed her reduction, and Campbell narrowly averted a mutiny by his homesick crew. ConstitutionFor the reason that development on the US Naval Academy in 1845, there were a developing have to have for quarters wherein to house The scholars (midshipmen). In 1857, Structure was moved to dry dock at the Portsmouth Navy Lawn for conve