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Commodore Stephen Decatur Jr. (/ d ɪ ˈ k eɪ t ər /; [1] January 5, 1779 – March 22, 1820) was a United States Navy officer. He was born on the eastern shore of Maryland in Worcester County.
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The most publicized duel of the 19th century was that of Commodore Stephen Decatur, the U.S. naval hero, who was mortally wounded in 1820 at the Bladensburg Dueling Grounds and later died at his home in Washington D.C. Portrait of Francis Scott Key.
He appointed Lieutenant Stephen Decatur captain of the ketch on 31 January 1804 and ordered him to prepare her for a month's cruise to Tripoli in company with Syren. Preble's orders directed Decatur to slip into harbor at night, to board and burn the frigate, and make good his retreat in Intrepid , unless it then seemed feasible to use her as a ...
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USS President was a prime target of the Royal Navy during the War of 1812 as it was seen to have insulted British honor after the Little Belt Affair. [1] By 1815, Commodore Stephen Decatur commanded President, he had captured the smaller British frigate HMS Macedonian in a famous action in 1812, while in command of the frigate USS United States.