Stephen Decatur

Stephen Decatur Jr. (; 5 Januari 1779 – 22 Maret 1820) adalah seorang perwira dan komodor angkatan laut Amerika Serikat. Ia dilahirkan di pantai timur Maryland di County Worcester, putra dari seorang perwira angkatan laut AS yang bertugas selama Revolusi Amerika. Ayahnya, Stephen Decatur Sr., adalah seorang komodor pada Angkatan Laut AS, dan membawa Stephen muda ke dunia kapal dan berlayar sejak dini. Tak lama setelah kuliah, Decatur mengikuti jejak ayahnya dan bergabung dengan Angkatan Laut AS pada usia ke-19 sebagai seorang perwira muda.Waldo, 1821 Chapter I, Introductory.

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 Komandan angkatan laut lainnya yang terkenal saat itu:
 John Paul Jones
 Komodor John Barry
 Komodor John Hazelwood
 Laksamana David Farragut
 Laksamana Richard Howe
 Laksamana Horatio Nelson
 Oliver Hazard Perry

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 Anthony, Irvin, (1931). Decatur, Charles Scribner & Sons, New York, p. 319, Book (snippit view)

 De Kay, James T. De Kay, (2004), A Rage for Glory: The Life of Commodore Stephen Decatur, USN, Simon and Schuster, New York p. 297, , Book (par view)
Lardas, Mark. Decatur's Bold and Daring Act, The 'Philadelphia' in Tripoli 1804. Osprey Raid Series #22. Osprey Publishing, 2011. , Book (par view)
London, Joshua E. (2005).Victory in Tripoli: How America's War with the Barbary Pirates Established the U.S. Navy and Shaped a Nation, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., .
 Lossing, Benson John (1869), The Pictorial Field-book of the War of 1812: Or, Illustrations, by Pen and Pencil, of the History, Biography, Scenery, Relics, and Traditions of the Last War for American Independence, Harper & Brothers, New York, p. 1054, Url
Lowe, Corinne. Knight of the Sea: The Story of Stephen Decatur. Harcourt, Brace. 1941.
 James, William, (1847/1859), The naval history of Great Britain...Volume 5, Richard Bentley, London, pp. 458, Ebook (full view)
 ——(1837) The naval history of Great Britain...Volume 6, Richard Bentley, London, p. 468, Ebook (full view)
Miller, Nathan. The US Navy: An Illustrated History. New York: American Heritage, 1977.
Oren, Michael B. Power, Faith, and Fantasy: America in the Middle East, 1776 to the Present. New York: W. W. Norton, 2007. .

 Smethurst, David  (2009)  Tripoli: The United States' First War on Terror (Google eBook), Random House LLC, p. 320, , Book (par view)
 Zacks, Richard, (2005).  The Pirate Coast: Thomas Jefferson, the First Marines, and the Secret Mission of 1805, Hyperion, p. 448, , Book (no view)

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 The Stephen Decatur House Museum: Washington, DC 
 Decatur House: A Home of the Rich and Powerful: National Park Service Teaching with Historic Places (TwHP) lesson plan


 Correspondence, between the late Commodore Stephen Decatur and Commodore James Barron which led to the unfortunate meeting of the twenty-second of March


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