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Decatur's Bold Harbor Raid Across Tripoli Emboldens Navy
Premier Mussolini eyes a Tripoli tourist trail and revival of Barbary lore as Decatur’s 1804 Philadelphia destruction is recalled. The account details the daring boarding of the Philadelphia by the Intrepid under Lt. Stephen Decatur, the fire of the ship, and the escape with no American deaths.
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Nelson
Stephen Decatur
Tripoli
U. S. S. Philadelphia
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Mussolini
Tor
America
Philadelphia
Sicily
Mediterranean
Naples
Decatur
Warbury
Europe
Africa
France
United States
Gibraltar
Howard Preble
Stephen, Decatur
Richard Bainbridge
Bainbridge
Commodore Preble
Preble
Stewart
Kashaw’s
Steward
Morris
Intrepid
Décatur