Stephen Decatur
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Commodore Stephen Decatur, Jr. (5 January 1779 22 March 1820) was an American naval officer notable for his heroism in the Barbary Wars and in the War of 1812. He was the youngest man to reach the rank of captain in the history of the United States Navy, and the first American celebrated as a national military hero who had not played a role in the American Revolution.Decatur was employed at the age of 17 in the firm of Gurney and Smith, acting as the company's supervisor to the early construction of the frigate United States. He served as a…mehr

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Commodore Stephen Decatur, Jr. (5 January 1779 22 March 1820) was an American naval officer notable for his heroism in the Barbary Wars and in the War of 1812. He was the youngest man to reach the rank of captain in the history of the United States Navy, and the first American celebrated as a national military hero who had not played a role in the American Revolution.Decatur was employed at the age of 17 in the firm of Gurney and Smith, acting as the company's supervisor to the early construction of the frigate United States. He served as a Midshipman on board the United States under Commodore John Barry. He was one of "Preble's Boys" and friends with Charles Stewart and Richard Rush.