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Constitution patrolled the North African coast for 2 years once the war finished, to implement the terms of the treaty.But one month afterwards, she met with one of them all over again -- the frigate Guerriere. The British ship fired the first shot with the famous battle; twenty minutes later on, Guerriere was a dismasted hulk, so terribly damaged