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incident in 1807 delayed her reduction, and Campbell narrowly averted a mutiny by his homesick crew. ConstitutionBecause the development of the US Naval Academy in 1845, there were a growing need to have for quarters by which to accommodate The scholars (midshipmen). In 1857, Constitution was moved to dry dock for the Portsmouth Navy Yard for conve

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