Stephen Decatur leads a raid to burn…

February 1804 CE

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.

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Tripoli > Tarabulus Tarabulus Libya View →

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Stephen Decatur View →

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Ottoman Algeria View → Tripolitania (Regency of Tripoli, Tripoli-in-the-West), Ottoman eyalet of View → United States of America (US, USA) (Washington DC) View →

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Barbary War, First View →

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Conflict View → Government View → Custom and Law View →

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