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while heading north and it was learned that approximately 200 men had been landed at Mulege from
Guaymas. On 30 September she arrived in the port of Mulege under a flag of truce. The party led by Lt. Tunis A.M. Craven asking the local government to pledge support for the United States as the United
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was confiscated from the port. On 2 October after the refusal by local leaders, fifty sailors plus marines were landed at Mulege, but they were faced by artillery and significant opposition. Using the excuse of encroaching nightfall at a later date to justify their sudden departure, in truth the
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Mexican forces abandoned the village and were pursued up the valley by Lt. Craven's forces. Craven's forces scoured the valley for a distance of about three miles coming under occasional light assault from ambush. Craven, fearing the possibility than his men were being led into an ambush,
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Washington, D.C., stating his intention to capture Mexican towns along the Pacific coast. Shortly after capturing Monterey Thomas realized that a state of war did not exist and regressed from Monterey.
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Mexican schooner without resistance. The following day, 1 October 1847, Lt. Craven with 50 sailors plus marines landed. Under barrage of round shell and shot from
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understood, incorrectly, from local news papers that war had broken out between Mexico and the United States, prompting
Commodore Jones to capture the Mexican town of
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required almost constant operation of her bilge pump, or she would sink at the dock. Finally, on 17 September 1921, almost 82 years since her launch,
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Battle of Mulege was a substantial victory for the
Mexican forces, hence the current official appellation for the town, i.e., "Heroica Mulege".
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at New York City until early in 1846, when she was refitted for a second cruise in the
Pacific. Sailing from New York on 6 June 1846,
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Pacific fleet under Commodore Thomas Jones. Commodore Jones, while stationed with his fleet in
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Selfridge on way to Guaymas learned of enemy forces in Mulege with an estimated force of 150 men. Four boats from
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was one of six warships authorized to be constructed by The
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continued to patrol until the summer of 1849, when she sailed for the east coast, arriving at New York on 22 August 1849.
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commanded by Lt. Craven, under the protective cover of
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Atlantic Anti-Slavery Operations of the United States
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1035:. Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop. pp. 153–4.
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597:arrived in Guaymas on 8 November 1847 relieving
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1320:List of sloops of war of the United States Navy
385:(6 November 1756 – 26 February 1826) who was a
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1014:. U.S. Naval Institute, Annapolis, Maryland.
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1240:Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
1062:Recollections of a naval officer, 1841–1865
923:Claude G. Berube; John A. Rodgaard (2005).
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1033:the Mexican War in Baja California
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201:15 ft 8 in (4.78 m)
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77:Richard Dale, Commodore U.S. Navy
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661:picked up the survivors of the
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792:was decommissioned again at
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1188:. United States Coast Guard
813:United States Naval Academy
680:s crew were transported by
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759:Port Royal, South Carolina
538:on 19 September 1847 with
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1031:Nunis, D.B., ed. (1977).
773:End of career in the Navy
747:Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
583:returned with his men to
526:Baja California Peninsula
501:With the outbreak of the
237:150 officers and enlisted
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1354:Ships of the Union Navy
1092:Wyllie, Arthur (2007).
1067:Charles Scribner's Sons
1010:Bauer, K. Jack (1969).
650:Islands to relieve the
416:First and second cruise
389:three times during the
357:Philadelphia Naval Yard
193:32 ft (9.8 m)
185:117 ft (36 m)
159:General characteristics
1057:Parker, William Harwar
868:Arundel Cove, Maryland
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631:African anti-slavery
514:Monterey, California
503:Mexican–American War
485:Mexican–American War
452:Monterey, California
280:Mexican–American War
278:was involved in the
510:Thomas O. Selfridge
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284:American Civil War
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667:Maio Island
616:Southampton
553:stopped at
534:arrived in
434:. Based at
404:during the
298:was placed
135:29 May 1867
1359:1839 ships
1333:Categories
1157:"USS Dale"
1042:087093239X
882:References
712:W.G. Lewis
702:the small
692:John Adams
688:where the
648:Cape Verde
601:Portsmouth
436:ValparaĂso
375:John Gwinn
365:Commandant
234:Complement
225:; 15
206:Propulsion
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856:Baltimore
816:Annapolis
755:schooners
700:bombarded
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599:USS
560:Magdelina
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221:(24
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402:blockade
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263:) was a
242:Armament
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92:Launched
74:Namesake
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1287:Decatur
1210:. DANFS
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589:Liberta
524:on the
518:Guaymas
430:to the
399:Tripoli
344:Decatur
267:in the
257:(later
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82:Builder
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522:Mulege
460:Panama
444:Callao
341:, and
338:Marion
332:Preble
282:, the
260:Oriole
182:Length
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214:Speed
198:Draft
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1266:Dale
1249:here
1247:and
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1216:2014
1194:2014
1169:2014
1143:2010
1113:2014
1100:ISBN
1079:2012
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1037:ISBN
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