8 Jan 1804 Jahr - Tripoli Attack

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1804 Tripoli pirates seized a U.S. warship, the Philadelphia. They took the ship into Tripoli Harbor and put the crew in jail. Stephen Decatur, a U.S. Navy captain, slipped into the heavily guarded harbor with a raiding party. He burned the Philadelphia to prevent the pirates from using it.

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