Historedia
Person

Commodore Bainbridge

Events
1
Episodes
1
Years
1804

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Commodore Bainbridge, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Stephen Decatur burns the USS Philadelphia at Tripoli

    1804

    Role: prisoner held since October 1803

    1. 16 February 1804 · Tripoli harborBurning of the USS Philadelphia

      Decatur led a night raid aboard the ketch Intrepid to board and burn the captured frigate USS Philadelphia in Tripoli harbor.

Sources

  1. Stephen Decatur Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-14