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USS ''Retaliation'' was the French privateer ''Croyable'', built in Maryland, that then operated out of Santo Domingo. captured her on 7 July 1798 off New Jersey. She then served in the United States Navy during Quasi-War with France. Two French frigates recaptured her on 20 November 1798. The French Navy took her into service as ''Magicienne''. However, captured her on 28 June 1799. She served in the US Navy in the Caribbean briefly, before arriving in Philadelphia in August. She was paid off there and sold on 29 November. ==Career== The U.S. warship ''Delaware'', commanded by Capt. Stephen Decatur, Sr., captured the French privateer, ''Croyable'', off Great Egg Harbor Bay, New Jersey, on 7 July 1798. Before her capture, ''Croyable'' had been preying upon shipping off the Delaware Capes and had taken a British brigantine and a Philadelphia merchantman, ''Liberty''. She had also boarded and robbed the coaster ''Alexander Hamilton'', whose captain had informed Decatur of ''Croyable''s whereabouts. Decatur brought ''Croyable'' to Fort Mifflin in the Delaware River. She was the first American capture of the undeclared war.〔Hamilton (1974), p.537.〕 The U.S. Navy purchased ''Croyable'' on 30 July 1798, manned her at Philadelphia, renamed her ''Retaliation'', and placed her under the command of Lt. William Bainbridge. ''Retaliation'' departed Norfolk on 28 October 1798 with and and cruised in the West Indies protecting American commerce during the Quasi-War with France. On 20 November, a pair of French frigates, ''Insurgente'' and ''Volontaire'', overtook ''Retaliation'' while her consorts were away on a chase and forced Bainbridge to surrender the hopelessly out-gunned schooner. However, even as a prisoner, the American officer managed to serve his country. He saved ''Montezuma'' and ''Norfolk'' by convincing the senior French commander that those American warships were too powerful for his frigates and induced him to abandon the chase. Renamed ''Magicienne'' by the French, the schooner again came into American hands on 28 June 1799, when a broadside from USS ''Merrimack'' forced her to haul down her colors. She performed convoy duty in the Caribbean before returning to Philadelphia in August. Her crew was then discharged and the schooner was sold on 29 November 1799 to Thomas and Peter Mackie. File:William Bainbridge 2.jpg|William Bainbridge Lieutenant, United States Navy, commanded the ''USS Retaliation'' in 1798. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「USS Retaliation (1798)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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