What the records say
- When
- 7 Jul 1798
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 39.30° N, 74.65° W
- Description
- 1798 single-ship action between the French First Republic and the United States as part of the Quasi-War; American victory
- Naval
- yes
2 sources record it
- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “In the action of USS Delaware vs La Croyable, the newly-formed United States Navy makes its first capture”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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