| 词条 | Capture of the schooner Bravo |
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|conflict=Capture of the schooner Bravo |image= |caption=A model of USRC Alabama |partof=West Indies Anti-Piracy Operations, Piracy in the Caribbean |date=August 31, 1819 |place=off Florida, United States, Gulf of Mexico |result= American victory |combatant1= {{flag|United States|1795}} |combatant2= {{Flagicon image|Flag of Edward England.svg|size=23px}} Caribbean pirates |commander1= {{flagicon|United States|1795}} William H. Crawford |commander2={{Flagicon image|Flag of Edward England.svg|size=23px}} Jean La Farges |strength1=2 schooners |strength2=1 schooner |casualties1=Unknown |casualties2=1 schooner captured |notes= }}{{West Indies Anti-Piracy Operation}} The Capture of the schooner Bravo was a naval battle between United States Revenue Cutter Service cutters and one of Jean Lafitte's pirate ships. In early 1819 the two U.S. Revenue Cutters, {{USRC|Alabama|1819|6}} and {{USRC|Louisiana|1819|6}}, had just been constructed in New York City, at a cost $4,500 each. The two sister ships, each equipped with a single pivot gun in the 9 to 18-pounder range, were dispatched to the Gulf of Mexico to conduct counter-piracy patrols. Alabama was assigned to the Mobile Squadron and Louisiana assigned to the New Orleans Squadron. In August 1819, Alabama was temporarily assigned to New Orleans to help thwart the pirate incidents in those waters with Louisiana. On 31 August, the two ships were sailing the Gulf off southern Florida when they sighted the schooner Bravo. The Americans gave chase and eventually came within firing range. Bravo resisted and a brief gunnery duel occurred, in which the first officer and three crew members of Louisiana were wounded.[1] The Americans then boarded Bravo and the pirates were captured. Jean La Farges, who commanded the suspected privateer, was a lieutenant of French pirate Jean Lafitte. Apparently no letter of marque was presented to the Americans which explained why the pirates fled at the sight of the Revenue Cutter schooners. More battles between United States naval forces and pirates in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean would occur. On 19 April 1819, Alabama and Louisiana destroyed a pirate base at the Patterson's Town Raid on Breton Island, Louisiana. Another action was fought on 10 July 1820 when the Captain of Louisiana captured four pirate ships off Belize. On 2 November 1822, Louisiana along with {{USS|Peacock|1813|6}} and the Royal Navy schooner {{HMS|Speedwell|1815|6}} captured five pirate vessels off Havana, Cuba. FateLouisiana{{'}}s career was soon over. In March 1824 she was put up for public auction. Alabama eventually went on to fight the slave trade in the Atlantic until she was sold in Florida on 6 August 1833. See also
References1. ^{{cite book|last=Evans|first=Stephen H.|title=The United States Coast Guard 1790–1915: A Definitive History|year=1949|publisher=Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland|isbn=}}
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