Capture of the schooner Bravo
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Capture of the schooner Bravo | |||||||
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Part of West Indies Anti-Piracy Operations, Piracy in the Caribbean | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
United States | Caribbean pirates | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
William H. Crawford | Jean La Farges | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
2 schooners | 1 schooner | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Unknown | 1 schooner captured |
The capture of the schooner Bravo was a naval battle fought in 1819 between
In early 1819, the two U.S.
In August 1819, Alabama was temporarily assigned to New Orleans to help thwart the pirate incidents in those waters with Louisiana. On 31 August, the two ships were sailing the Gulf off southern Florida when they sighted the schooner Bravo. The Americans gave chase and eventually came within firing range. Bravo resisted and a brief gunnery duel occurred, in which the first officer and three crew members of Louisiana were wounded.[1] The Americans then boarded Bravo and the pirates were captured. Jean La Farges, who commanded the suspected privateer, was a lieutenant of French pirate Jean Lafitte. Apparently no letter of marque was presented to the Americans, which explained why the pirates fled at the sight of the Revenue Cutter schooners. Jean La Farges was subsequently hanged in Louisiana on May 25, 1820.[2]
In the following years, more battles occurred between United States naval forces and pirates in the Gulf of Mexico and the
Fate
Louisiana's career was soon over. In March 1824 she was put up for public auction. Alabama eventually went on to fight the
See also
References
- ^ Evans, Stephen H. (1949). The United States Coast Guard 1790–1915: A Definitive History. Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland.
- ^ "US Coast Guard Timeline 1700s-1800s". US Coast Guard. Retrieved 29 May 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Official U.S. Coast Guard history page
- Donald Canney. U.S. Coast Guard and Revenue Cutters, 1790-1935. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1995.
- U.S. Coast Guard. Record of Movements: Vessels of the United States Coast Guard: 1790 - December 31, 1933. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1934–1989