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Captain Edward Preble ordered to choose command of Structure within a letter dated fourteen May well 1803[65] as his flagship and made preparations to command a completely new squadron for a third blockade endeavor. The ship was recommissioned on 20 Might.[sixty six] The copper sheathing on her hull