American forces liberate five captured merchant ships…

November 1822 CE

American forces liberate five captured merchant ships after the Action of November 9, 1822, in which the USS Alligator (1820) engages three pirate schooners off Cuba, approximately forty-five miles (seventy-two kilometers) east of Matanzas.

This is part of the West Indies anti-piracy operations of the United States, primarily around Cuba and Puerto Rico, that began about 1817.

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Matanzas Matanzas Cuba View →

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Puerto Rico (Spanish Colony) View → Cuba (Spanish Colony) View → United States of America (US, USA) (Washington DC) View → Spain, Bourbon Kingdom (first restoration) of View →

Topics
Colonization of the Americas, Spanish View →

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Commerce View → Watercraft View → Mayhem View → Government View → Piracy View →

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