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About Richard Dale
Richard Dale was an American naval officer who fought in the Continental Navy under John Barry and was first lieutenant for John Paul Jones during the naval battle off of Flamborough Head, England against HMS Serapis in the celebrated engagement of September 23, 1779. He became one of the six original commodores of the permanent United States Navy, and commanded a blockade of Tripoli in 1801 during the First Barbary War of Thomas Jefferson's presidency.
Everything about Richard Dale →- Occupation
- military officer
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- November 6, 1756
- Died
- February 26, 1826