The Maritime History Channel By The North American Society For Oceanic History

The Maritime History Channel By The North American Society For Oceanic History


NASOH #024 - Kevin Bertram, The Shores of Tripoli: U.S. Navy & Marine Corps vs The Pirates of Tripoli

December 15, 2020

From the end of the American Revolution, commercial vessels of the young United States republic were easy prey for the pirates of the Barbary coast. In 1801, newly inaugurated President Thomas Jefferson was eager to put an end to this threat and sent a “s


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