Mediterranean Squadron (United States)
The Mediterranean Squadron, also known as the Mediterranean Station, was part of the United States Navy in the 19th century that operated in the Mediterranean Sea. It was formed in response to the First and Second Barbary Wars. Between 1801 and 1818, the squadron was composed of a series of rotating squadrons. Later, squadrons were sent in the 1820s to the 1860s to suppress piracy, primarily in Greece and to engage in gunboat diplomacy. In 1865 the force was renamed the European Squadron.
USS Enterprise of the Mediterranean Squadron capturing the polacca Tripoli during the First Barbary War.
The burning of USS Philadelphia by the crew of USS Intrepid, 1804.
Stephen Decatur's Mediterranean squadron off Algiers in 1815.
Image: Commodore John Rodgers
The European Squadron, also known as the European Station, was a part of the United States Navy in the late 19th century and the early 1900s. The squadron was originally named the Mediterranean Squadron and renamed following the American Civil War. In 1905, the squadron was absorbed into the North Atlantic Fleet.
USS Franklin – squadron flagship from 1867 to 1868
United States Marines and Royal Marines during the occupation of Alexandria in 1882.
Image: Louis Malesherbes Goldsborough
Image: Admiral Farragut 2