Delaware makes her way back up the…
July 1798 CE
After executing the US Navy's first victory of the Quasi-War, Decatur becomes a hero.
He boasts of his catch to several people, including Captain John Barry of USS United States.
La Croyable is deemed a lawful capture by the U.S. government and renamed USS Retaliation.
She is given to the command of Lieutenant William Bainbridge.
Bainbridge will join a fleet of American ships in the Caribbean on October 15.
Later in November however, the French frigates Volontaire and Insurgente will attack USS Retaliation, capturing her.
This was the only American naval vessel to be captured during the entire Quasi-War.