From Wikipedia.
I wrote about the destroyer USS Dent in today's Tattooed on Your Soul: World War II Blog.
(15 February 1782 to 31 July 1823.
Officer U.S. Navy in Quasi-War, First Barbary War and War of 1812. he was acting captain of the USS Constitution during the attacks on Tripoli in 1804. Born in Maryland, the son of Congressman and Revolutionary War officer George Dent.
Appointed Midshipman 16 March 1794.Served on the USS Constellation when it captured the French frigate Insurgente in 1799. Then served on the USS Constitution in the Mediterranean and later commanded the schooners Nautilus and Scourge during the First Barbary War.
More to Come. --Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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