stephen decatur

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born Jan. 5, 1779, Sinepuxent, Md., U.S. died March 22, 1820, Bladensburg, Md. U.S. naval officer. He entered the navy in 1798. In the Tripolitan War, he led a daring expedition into the harbour of Tripoli to burn a captured U.S. ship. In the War of 1812 he commanded the USS United States and captured the British ship Macedonian. In 1815 he commanded a squadron in the Mediterranean that forced a peace with the Barbary states on U.S. terms. At a banquet on his return he gave a toast that included the words "Our country, right or wrong." In the same year he was made a navy commissioner, an office he held until he was killed in a duel
stephen decatur

    Silbentrennung

    Ste·phen De·ca·tur

    Türkische aussprache

    stivın dîkeytır

    Aussprache

    /ˈstēvən dəˈkātər/ /ˈstiːvən dɪˈkeɪtɜr/
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