Stephen Decatur
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United StatesLived 1779 to 1820 · aged 41Stephen Decatur Jr. was a United States Navy officer. He was born on the eastern shore of Maryland in Worcester County. , was a commodore in the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War; he brought the younger Stephen into the world of ships and sailing early on. S. Navy at age 19 as a midshipman.
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Decatur's birthplace in Maryland
USS Constellation, the first U.S. Navy vessel put to sea
Barbary Coast of North Africa
Grounding and capture of USS Philadelphia
Burning of the USS Philadelphia by Edward Moran (1897), Intrepid depicted in foreground
Decatur Boarding the Tripolitan Gunboat, by Dennis Malone Carter
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Stephen Decatur Jr. was a United States Navy officer. He was born on the eastern shore of Maryland in Worcester County. His father, Stephen Decatur Sr., was a commodore in the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War; he brought the younger Stephen into the world of ships and sailing early on. Shortly after attending college, Decatur followed in his father's footsteps and joined the U.S. Navy at age 19 as a midshipman.
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