Action of 22 June 1803

When

22 Jun 1803

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

32.90° N, 13.19° E

Description

1803 naval battle between the United States and the Tripoli Eyalet

Naval

yes

Naval battle between USA and Tripolitan

The action of 22 June 1803 was a naval battle between the United States Navy and the Tripolitan Navy during the First Barbary War. Two ships from the American squadron blockading Tripoli, USS John Adams and USS Enterprise, met and engaged a Tripolitan polacre along with nine gunboats. After fighting a sharp action for forty-five minutes, the gunboats veered off, and the polacre was abandoned.

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• First Barbary War10 May 1801 · War