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 Fir
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.
Commodore John Rodgers
Uriah P. Levy
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Uriah Phillips Levy was a naval officer, real estate investor, and philanthropist. He was a veteran of the War of 1812 and the first Jewish Commodore of the United States Navy. He was instrumental in
Mediterranean Squadron (United States)
…Commodore Elie A. F. La Vallette 12 May 1858 - 16 Dec 1859 Commodore Uriah Phillips Levy 23 Feb 1860 - 19 Jul 1860 Commodore Charles H. Bell 1 Aug 1860 - 12 Apr 1861…
Uriah Phillips Levy
Levy's mother's grave
Statue of Jefferson in the Capitol.
The Commodore Uriah P. Levy Center and Jewish Chapel, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland