The American Spirit: The Story of Commodore William Phillip Bainbridge

Captain William Bainbridge suggested that a continuous policy of The American Spirit: The Story of Commodore William Phillip Bainbridge.
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Retaliation was the first ship in the nascent United States Navy to be surrendered. Bainbridge was not disciplined for this action. In during the months before the First Barbary War broke out, Bainbridge was given the ignominious task of carrying the tribute which the United States still paid to the Dey of Algiers to secure exemption from capture for U. Upon arrival in the gun USS George Washington , he allowed the harbor pilot to guide him directly under the guns of the fort overlooking the harbor.

Upon his arrival the Dey demanded that Bainbridge use his ship to ferry the Algerian ambassador and tributary gifts to Constantinople , and that he fly the Algerian flag during the journey. With George Washington under the guns of the fort and surrounded by the Dey's warships and military personnel Bainbridge reluctantly complied for fear of imprisonment and raised the Algerian flag on his masthead and delivered gifts of animals and slaves to Constantinople.

President Jefferson found that bribing the pirate Barbary states did not work, and decided to use force. Bainbridge mistakenly ran the ship aground on an uncharted reef on October 21, Bainbridge made the situation worse by putting on all sail before sounding around the boat to determine the actual situation, resulting in driving the ship hard onto the bank.

All efforts to refloat her under five hours of cannon fire from Tripolitan gunboats, inaccurate fire that with no shots coming near the powerful frigate, and Bainbridge decided to surrender. Bainbridge surrendered his powerful frigate to a small gunboat despite never receiving accurate fire, if he had chosen to wait until high tide his ship would have floated free of the sandbank. Bainbridge and his crewmen were imprisoned in Tripoli for nineteen months. Admiral Horatio Nelson is said to have called this "the most bold and daring act of the Age".

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The capture of Philadelphia and its crew also motivated President Jefferson's decision to send William Eaton , a former Army officer, known for his brash and defiant diplomacy, to Tripoli in to free the American hostages in what was the first U. William Eaton established a group of about 20 [ dubious — discuss ] Christian eight of whom were U. Marines and perhaps [ dubious — discuss ] Muslim mercenaries [ citation needed ] to begin the takeover of Tripoli starting with Derna.

He managed to trek with the small detachment of Marines led by Presley O'Bannon and his mercenary force over miles. The town's capture, memorialized in the " Marines' Hymn " immortal "to the shores of Tripoli" and the threat of further advance on Tripoli, were strong influences toward peace, negotiated in June by Tobias Lear and Commodore John Rodgers with the Pasha of Tripoli. After four separate bombardments from Preble's squadron, Bainbridge was released from the prison in Tripoli on June 3, [21] and returned to the United States and received a warm welcome.

Shortly thereafter a Naval Court of Inquiry tasked with looking into his surrender found no evidence of misconduct, and he was allowed to continue serving. On his release, he returned for a time to the merchant service in order to make good the loss of profit caused by his captivity. With the conclusion of the campaign against the Barbary states, the US Navy was downsized and nearly all of her frigates remained in port. Realizing war with the United Kingdom was imminent Bainbridge and Commodore Stewart hastened to Washington to urge President Jefferson and Congress to strengthen the country's naval forces.

They concurred with this timely advice and Congress forced a change to this policy that had led the current naval force to decay in early Satisfied with the results Bainbridge returned to Boston and took command of the navy yard at Charleston. Bainbridge was transferred to shore duty in June, Under Bainbridge, she was sent to cruise in the South Atlantic.


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