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Decatur the Chevalier Bayard of the Sea
A portrait of Stephen Decatur as a fearless naval hero born 1779 near Bristol and famed for the 1804 burning of the Philadelphia at Tripoli and the defeat of the Macedonian. The piece traces his daring early career, key duels, command of the Constitution, and later actions against Algiers, with notes on rivalry with Barron and Bainbridge.
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Decatur
Bayard
Theodore Roosevelt
Tripoli
United States
Stephen Decatur
France
Stewart
Somers
Jones
James Barron
Mediterranean
Argus
Prebie
Tunis
Algiers
Parhary States
England
Philadelphia
Bainbridge
Preble
Enterprise
Syracuse
Siren
Latrepid
Prable
Washington
Lord Nelson
Jur
Jon
Carden
President
Endymion
New York
Bandy Hook
Malta
Neshonda
Estedio
Barron
Chesapeake
Leopard
Navy
Commodore
Bladensburg
Fillett
Lake Erie
Barrow
Catur
Hambridge