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The schooner Enterprise, commanded by Lieutenant Andrew Sterett, encountered the Barbary corsair Tripoli west of Malta and prepared for engagement. After a three-hour battle and false surrenders by Tripoli’s commander, Admiral Rais Mahomet Rous, Enterprise broadsided the vessel. Admitting defeat, Rous surrendered and threw the Tripolitan flag into water.

Picture shows Lieutenant Andrew Sterrett leaving USS Enterprise to board the Tripoli after the corsair’s surrender.
Artwork by Orlando Lagman after Claudus, 1965. Courtesy of the Navy Art Collection