Captain William Bainbridge, commanding the USS Constitution (a.k.a. “Old Ironsides”) defeats HMS Java, commanded by Captain Henry Lambert.
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References:
Calvin D. Linton, ed. The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 71.
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