{M3When America was a colony, it was heavily involved in shipping and foreign trade. Although Britain garnered the lion's share of American goods, even today school children learn about the ...

On this day in 1804, the frigate USS Philadelphia, which had been captured and held by Barbary pirates at Tripoli, was set afire and destroyed by a small raiding party led by naval lieutenant ...

Appraisal: 1798 - 1804 Stephen Decatur Warrant & Commissions. ... The Tripolitan pirates were part of the Barbary States in North ... The plans to punish the Tripolitan pirates are, are out the ...

When the Decatur 175th anniversary party was in the planning stage in 2004, somebody suggested it would be nice if Commodore Stephen Decatur could attend.

Oil painting of Lt. Stephen Decatur Boarding the Tripolitan Gunboat during the bombardment of Tripoli on April 6, ... The collected group of raiders was better known as the Barbary Pirates.