Second Battle of Tripoli Harbor: Quick Facts

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Facts

Date	August 3, 1804
Location	Libya • Tripoli
Participants	Libya • United States
Context	First Barbary War

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Painting of Edward Preble by Rembrandt Peale

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Stephen Decatur

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