Captain John D. Henley, commanding the USS John Adams, under orders from Commander-in-Chief Monroe, expels the privateer Luis Aury from the Spanish enclave of Amelia Island, off the Atlantic coast of East Florida.
[added 12/17/2021] Thanks to Jim Lorenz for this entry.
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References:
Use of US Forces Abroad
www.history.navy.mil/wars/foabroad.htm
Amelia Island affair – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.htm
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amelia_Island_affair
Our Premier Pirate: Luis Aury
www.amelianow.com/spring98aury.htm
Destroyer Photo Index (DD)
www.navsource.org/archives/05/553.htm
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