Combat· Quasi-War with France
Quasi-War
The Quasi-War, the undeclared naval conflict with France, was the first foreign war of the rebuilt United States Navy and the first campaign of the reauthorized Marine Corps.
President John Adams signed the act reestablishing the Marine Corps on 11 July 1798, days after the Delaware took the French privateer Le Croyable in the war's opening capture. For the next three years American frigates, sloops, and revenue cutters fought mainly in the Caribbean against French warships and the privateers preying on American trade. Marines served aboard the commissioned warships of the war, firing from the tops and quarterdecks in close action, guarding prisoners and prizes, and joining boarding parties; their most celebrated feat was the cutting out of the Sandwich at Puerto Plata. The conflict closed with the Convention of 1800, though operations ran into early 1801 before word reached the fleet.
Engagements in this conflict (24) Podcast episodes on Quasi-War with France
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