She was involved with a critical collision Together with the English brig Self-assurance, reducing her in half, which sank with the loss of her captain. The surviving crew customers were being carried again to The usa, where Constitution was set in everyday Once more, this time in the Brooklyn Navy Garden, in January 1851.[181]Commemorative stamp,

Her trouble-plagued voyage continued on thirteen February when her rudder was harmed for the duration of heavy storms, resulting in a complete loss of steering Regulate, While using the rudder smashing into the hull at random. A few crewmen went about the stern on ropes and boatswain's chairs and secured it. Another early morning, they rigged A bri