USS Essex (1799)
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The first USS Essex of the United States Navy was a 36-gun or 32-gun sailing frigate that participated in the Quasi-War with France, the First Barbary War, and in the War of 1812. The British captured her in 1814 and she then served as HMS Essex until sold at public auction on 6 June 1837.
USS Essex (1799)
USS Essex with her prizes
Essex capturing Alert.
Quasi-War
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The Quasi-War was an undeclared naval war fought from 1798 to 1800 between the United States and the French First Republic, primarily in the Caribbean and off the East Coast of the United States.
Left: USS Constellation vs L'Insurgente; right: U.S. Marines from USS Constitution boarding and capturing French privateer Sandwich
Image: USS Constellation Vs Insurgente
Benjamin Stoddert, United States Secretary of the Navy
A 20th-century illustration depicting United States Marines escorting French prisoners