Key Events

The Beginning : August 1st 1801 was a single-ship action of the First Barbary War fought between the American schooner USS Enterprise and the Tripolitan polacca Tripoli off the coast of modern-day Libya.

First Battle of Tripoli Harbor : The First Battle of Tripoli Harbor was a naval battle fought on May 16, 1802 in Tripoli Harbor between a combined force consisting of the American frigate USS Boston and two Swedish Navy frigates against several Tripolitan Barbary corsairs.

Battle of Derne : The Battle of Derne, in 1805 was the decisive victory of a mercenary army led by a detachment of ten US Marines against the forces of Ottoman Tripolitania during the First Barbary War.

Second Battle of Tripoli Harbor : The 2nd Battle of Tripoli Harbor, was a naval action during a naval blockade which took place in Tripoli Harbor 1804. The battle is part of the First Barbary War between forces of the United States and the forces of Tripoli.