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ISAAC See also: navy, was See also: born at See also: Derby in See also: Connecticut on the 9th of See also: March 1775
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He went to
See also: sea See also: young in the See also: merchant service and was in command of a vessel at the age of nineteen
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In 1798 he was appointed See also: lieutenant in the newly organized U.S. navy
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From 1803 to 18o5 he served in the See also: squadron sent to chastise the See also: Barbary pirates as See also: commander of the " Enterprise," but was transferred to the " See also: Angus " in See also: November of 1803
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When the War of 1812 broke out he was captain of the U.S. See also: frigate "Constitution" (44), and was on a See also: mission to See also: Europe carrying specie for the payment of a See also: debt in See also: Holland
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The " Constitution " was shadowed by
See also: British men-of-war, but was not attacked
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In See also: July of that See also: year, however, he was pursued by a squadron of British vessels, and escaped by See also: good See also: seamanship and the See also: fine sailing qualities of the
Constitution." He was to have been superseded, but put to sea before the officer who was to have relieved him arrived—an See also: action which might have been his ruin if he had not signalized his cruise by the capture of the British frigate " Guerriere " (38)
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Captain See also: Hull had been cruising off the Gulf of St See also: Lawrence, and the engagement, which took place on the 19th of See also: August, was fought See also: south of the See also: Grand See also: Bank
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The " Constitution " was a fine See also: ship of 1533 tons, originally designed for a two-decker, but cut down to a frigate
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The " Guerriere " was of 1092 tons and very See also: ill-manned, while the " Constitution " had a choice See also: crew
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The British ship was easily overpowered
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Hull received a gold medal for the capture of the " Guerriere," but had no further opportunity cf distinction in the war
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After the See also: peace he held a variety of commands a t sea, and was a See also: naval See also: commissioner from 1815 to 1817
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He had a high reputation in the See also: United States navy for See also: practical seamanship
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He died at See also: Philadelphia on the 13th of See also: February 1843
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