"Preble Launches Attack On Pirate Stronghold"
Catalogue #:
2014.506.2997
Title:
"Preble Launches Attack On Pirate Stronghold"
Type:
Subject:
Description:
"Preble Launches Attack On Pirate Stronghold." Part 197 of Fred Humiston's "Blue Water Men - And Women." This part tells the story of Lieutenant Stephen Decatur and Commodore Preble destroying the captured frigate "Philadelphia." The men succeeded in their goal to destroy the Philadelphia. The article says "The Frigate's destruction took a great load off Commodore Preble's mind, for properly commissioned in pirates hand, she might have wrecked havoc in the American squadron."
Creator:
Fred Humiston
Publisher:
Guy Gannett Publishing Company
Date:
1965-01-01
Materials:
Paper
Rights:
Place:
Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island
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Citation
Fred Humiston, “"Preble Launches Attack On Pirate Stronghold",” Great Cranberry Island Historical Society, accessed January 31, 2025, https://gcihs.digitalarchive.us/items/show/3062.Catalogue # 2014.506.2997