Naval fleet
Revenue cutters were dispatched to fight the pirates early on. The first anti-piracy action from the service happened back in 1793 the Cutter "Diligence" ran a pirate vessel ashore in the Chesapeake Bay. After the success, revenue cutters were charged with suppressing piracy and protecting the shores of America. In 1819, the one-gun schooners USRC "Alabama" and USRC "Louisiana" along with the two gunboats joined the first established anti-piracy U.S. Naval fleet. The ships fought major engagements with pirates, on the open sea, and a notable Battle of Breton Island. On 1818 June 22, Boarding parties from the Revenue cutter "Dallas" seized the privateer "Young Spartan", her crew, and the privateer's prize, the Pastora, off Savannah, Georgia. The crew of the Pastora had set adrift, and their fate remained unknown. The New York Evening Post noted that the crew of the privateer had committed offenses "that can only be expiated by making their exits on the gallows."