Stephen Decatur leads a raid to burn …
Years: 1804 - 1804
February
Stephen Decatur leads a raid to burn the pirate-held frigate USS Philadelphia at Tripoli on February 16, 1804, to deny her further use by the captors in the First Barbary War.
Locations
People
Groups
- Ottoman Algeria
- Tripolitania (Regency of Tripoli, Tripoli-in-the-West), Ottoman eyalet of
- United States of America (US, USA) (Washington DC)
