The Somers & Decatur Memorial Ring
date: label: associated date
content: 1804
name: label: associated person
content: Decatur, Stephen
notes: label: Description
content: Gold ring presented to Commodore Stephen Decatur by Captain Richard Somers, in the harbor of Tripoli, on the night of September 4, 1804. Somers was in command of the Intrepid when it blew up that night in Tripoli Harbor, killing him and his crew. Decatur wore the ring until his death in a duel in 1820. The ring was given to Francis Gurney Smith by Decatur's widow; he, in turn, bequeathed it to his son, Stephen Decatur Smith. The ring was given to the National Museum in 1908, as specified in Smith's will.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Naval
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Stephen Decatur Smith
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.10892
label: catalog number
content: 10892
label: accession number
content: 48630
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Ring
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, gold (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/4 in x 3/4 in; .635 cm x 1.905 cm