Decatur's Bold and Daring Act - The Philadelphia in Tripoli 1804 (Raid) by Mark Lardas, Steve Noon and Donato Spedaliere
English | 2011 | ISBN: 1849083746 | 81 Pages | 3,9 MB
On a dark night in 1804, Lt. Stephen Decatur and a team of hand-picked men, slipped into Tripoli harbor in a small boat. Their target was the USS Philadelphia. Captured by the Barbary pirates four months previously, the Philadelphia had been refitted to fight against her former masters.