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But one particular month later on, she satisfied with one of them all over again -- the frigate Guerriere. The British ship fired the very first shot of the legendary battle; 20 minutes afterwards, Guerriere was a dismasted hulk, so poorly damaged that she was not worthy of towing to port.For the reason that formation with the US Naval Academy in 1