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USS ''Wildcat'' was a two masted schooner displacing 48 tons〔 and was part of a naval fleet, the ''West Indies Squadron'', that sailed to the Caribbean to subdue the occurrence of pirate raids on merchant ships that had increased to almost 3,000 by the early 1820s. She was armed with three guns and had a crew of 31.〔 ''Wildcat'' was commanded by Lieutenant Legare' who sailed her to Washington with a dispatch regarding the disposition of the squadron and other matters concerning the war against piracy in the Caribbean. 〔Porter, 1875 pp.292-293〕 On 28 October 1824 ''Wildcat'' was lost in a gale with all hands while sailing between Cuba and Thompson's Island, West Indies. Approximately 31 drowned. 〔U.S. Naval Historical Center, USS ''Ferret'': Page article〕〔U.S. Naval Historical Center, ''West Indian Pirates'': Page article〕〔Boot, 2007 p.41 〕 ==See also== *USS Ferret (1822) Ship that was also part of the same fleet as ''Wildcat'' *List of historical schooners *Piracy in the Caribbean *West Indies Anti-Piracy Operations of the United States *Alternative map of early 1800s West Indies *Bibliography of early American naval history 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 Wild Cat (1822)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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