He was promoted to captain for burning the captured U.S. frigate Philadelphia in Tripoli Harbor
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USS Philadelphia (1799) - Wikipedia  USS Philadelphia, a 1240-ton, 36-gun sailing frigate, was the second vessel of the United States Navy to be ... The U.S. had captured the Tripolitanian ship Mastico, renamed USS Intrepid and re-rigged with short masts ... and after making sure that Philadelphia was not seaworthy burned her where she lay in Tripoli Harbor.
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Capture of the Frigate USS Philadelphia - NHHC - Navy  Mar 31, 2015 ... ... The Defense and Burning of Washington in 1814: Naval Documents of the War of 1812 ...... In October 1803 the U.S. Frigate Philadelphia (Captain William Bainbridge) .... He said she ran on shore near Tripoly in chase of an Algerine schooner, ... Map of Tripoli and harbor with USS Philadelphia's location.
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The Burning of the USS Philadelphia - Naval History Blog  Feb 18, 2015 ... Burning of the Frigate Philadelphia in the Harbor at Tripoli by Edward ... On the evening of 16th February, 1804, the U.S. frigate Philadelphia was burned in Tripoli Harbor. ... The capture meant the Philadelphia's captain and her crew, 307 ... As soon as he arrived, Preble sent the frigate Philadelphia and the...
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Stephen Decatur - Wikipedia  Stephen Decatur, Jr. (January 5, 1779  March 22, 1820) was a United States naval officer and ..... Decatur and his men left the burning vessel in Tripoli's harbor and set sail for the open sea, barely escaping in the confusion. .... He was promoted to captain at the age twenty-five, largely for his daring capture and destruction of...
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Stephen Decatur Retakes, Burns USS Philadelphia in Tripoli Harbor ...  Feb 16, 2016 ... "Philadelphia in the harbor of Tripoli, February 16, 1804" by Edward Moran (1897) ... 60 members of the Intrepid's crew sprang aboard the captured American frigate. ... For his bravery and "intrepidity" Decatur was promoted to captain, the ... Returning to the U.S. in late 1815, he was offered a position on the...
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Battle of Manila Bay - Facts & Summary - HISTORY.com  Find out more about the history of Battle of Manila Bay, including videos, interesting ... On May 1, 1898, at Manila Bay in the Philippines, the U.S. Asiatic Squadron destroyed ... the only U.S. naval officer ever promoted to the rank of admiral of the Navy. ... U.S. Commodore George Dewey (1837-1917), in command of the U.S....
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Stephen Decatur - Wikipedia  Stephen Decatur, Jr. (January 5, 1779  March 22, 1820) was a United States naval officer and ... He is the youngest man to reach the rank of captain in the history of the ... Decatur's distinguished career came to an early end when he lost his life in a ..... Decatur's daring and successful burning of Philadelphia made him an...
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Jean Laffite; a pirate and scoundrel - TODAY News - TODAY.com  ... privateer and smuggler, Laffite was pardoned for his maritime crimes by President James Madison after helping U.S. forces in the Battle of New Orleans during...
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Barbary War - JCS Group, Inc.  Libyan Civil War ... Burning of the Frigate Philadelphia in the Harbor of Tripoli, U.S. Naval ... as the Union Jack flew over the stern of vessels hailing from American ports, ... payment of tribute, the fledging United States attempted to navigate the shoal ... The Barbary States of North Africa-Algiers, Tunis, Morocco and Tripoli...
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Who Burned the Peggy Stewart? - UMBC  the Peggy Stewart in Annapolis Harbor in 1774, he hoped to make a large profit by selling his cargo of tea on the black market (a patriotic boycott against British tea was ... with that resolution and forced Stewart to burn his own ship. He did .... the colonists displayed their outrage with Britain in more forceful and violent ways.
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We was amazingly fortunate | American History Lives at American ...  How he takes command of a prize fleet with a most intoxicating cargo. ... These are not unique talents in time of war, but James is nevertheless a very rare ... escorting General William Howe's army off Sandy Hook, near the entrance to New ..... On the fourteenth of July, 1777, on blockade duty off Massachusetts, he had as...
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British capture and burn Washington - Aug 24, 1814 - HISTORY.com  On this day in History, British capture and burn Washington on Aug 24, 1814. ... Maryland, and march unopposed into Washington, D.C. Most congressmen and ... the city aflame in revenge for the burning of Canadian government buildings by .... for the American attack on the city of York in Ontario, Canada, in June 1812.
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The Maine explodes - Feb 15, 1898 - HISTORY.com  An official U.S. Naval Court of Inquiry ruled in March that the ship was blown up by a mine, without directly placing the blame on Spain. Much of Congress and a...
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The real, shameful story behind 'Don't give up the ship!' - The Boston ...  May 19, 2013 ... ... lay dying in his cabin, he is alleged to have said: Don't give up the ship! ... The real, shameful story behind 'Don't give up the ship!' ... Its captain, Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, won a decisive victory on Sept. ... In late May 1813, Captain Philip Broke sailed the HMS Shannon, flagship of the blockading...
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Stephen Decatur - Wikipedia  Stephen Decatur, Jr. (January 5, 1779  March 22, 1820) was a United States naval officer and ... He is the youngest man to reach the rank of captain in the history of the ... His numerous naval victories against Britain, France and the Barbary states .... Arriving at Gibraltar, Commodore Dale learned that Tripoli had already...
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Searching for Nelson's Quote - USNI News - US Naval Institute  Jul 22, 2012 ... Rising young U.S. Navy officer Stephen Decatur earned famous praise for ... toward the captured American frigate Philadelphia , lying under the massed ... frigate Guerriere in October 1815, having led the naval war against Algiers. ... said to have remarked that Decatur's mission to destroy the Philadelphia...
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Naval hero killed in duel - Mar 22, 1820 - HISTORY.com  Mar 22, 1972 ... On this day in History, Naval hero killed in duel on Mar 22, 1820. ... U.S. Navy officer Stephen Decatur, hero of the Barbary Wars, ... Although once friends, Decatur sat on the court-martial that ... as commander of the USS United States, he captured the British ship of war Macedonian off the Madeira Islands.
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REFLECTIONS | September 16, 1830: The Poet That Saved Old ...  Sep 16, 2009 ... The USS Constitution was the first commissioned ship of the United States Navy. ... by a blacksmith named Paul Revere, who is better known for his famous ... be destroyed by the Navy, Holmes was moved to write Old Ironsides ... In 1858 he helped found the magazine Atlantic Monthly, which he named.
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Rips in Time - Philadelphia Experiment  Somehow it dematerialized, and with it went its crew of 181 sailors. ... In July 1943, a battle ship pulled into the Delaware Bay area for a Naval experiment .... Then was sighted back at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in only 15 mins. .... details of an alleged secret naval experiment conducted by the Navy in Philadelphia in 1943.
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Did John Mccain Blow up the USS Forestal Aircraft carrier ...  Jul 28, 2008 ... McCain crashed 5 jets, plus was responsible for the Forrestal fire. ... which hit McCain's external center fuel tank, and caused a fire. ..... An officer from the USS Oriskany requested volunteers for combat duty aboard his ship. ... In 1967 alone one third of the squadrons pilots were either killed or captured.
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To the Shores of Tripoli : The Colonial Williamsburg Official History ...  The United States had been at war with Tripoli since March 1801 when President Thomas .... And, the U.S. Navy had enough firepower to pound his capital into submission. ... ended, President James Madison asked Congress for a declaration of war against Algiers, the most powerful Barbary state, and got it in March 1815.