Oliver Wendell Holmes published a poem in praise of the ship , ``Old Ironsides , forever establishing the sainted vessel in the American consciousness . The United States Congress agreed to the necessary reconstructions of the vessel and passed the appropriate legislation . Before long , the ship was back in commission and off to tur the world again . Martin describes the ship 's second run as a flagship in the Mediterraean during 1835 , subsequent to serving the same function in the South Pacific . passed...











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