Decatur (DDG 31) - Naval Cruise Book

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Commodore Stephen Decatur l779-ISZO Stephen Decatur was born at Sinepauxent, Maryland, on 5 January 1779. At the age of nineteen, he was providedwith a midshipman's warrant by Commodore Barry, underwnornwhe made his first cruise in the frigate eUN1TED STATE SQ Commanding the schooner ENTERPRISE' atXthe OL1fbreak of the Tripolitan War, DGCBIUV7CEiD'ELltf9Cil, U3f3l r lr r a MASTICO on 23 December lr803 .fglffwasQ in e O r renamed lNTREPlD,ih?1i 066810ff?3rFIri9?6rCfioyf5 ??iD3ff3rCoefi1i Cifio5l3ff if3li3I.i ii on 16 February 1804 PHWADELPWA- rwffhin fWe 1W lWa 5W9Pt 'Che Tfilfifllifaff Cfewedvef wounded, had returned under fire lighted by fhe burningPH'UXDELPOHiA2fiQHfQF?ilif?YiiN?'SQiiFiT.7ff?iii35I5?r?5?3lr This ther most D0U93V'o5i ff3? F?f?Ef???F?fff?5fffW5?relg3iEi?fffi9lQ At various times in hier CONSTITUTION, CONGRESS, UNITED- STAT Decatur , ,. , I ,. lv 5..,iEf,Vi 5 Vrvkr 35:3my,.vi.Vl.:lVi:k:5VVL25.l,tVfZii:ZJiV.,:i'.:jA,M.,gE:lV VVQ,