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Sterett, Andrew 1760-1807

Naval officer; born in Baltimore, Md., about 1760; joined the navy in 1798; executive officer on the frigate Constellation when she took the French frigate L'Insurgentein 1799; captured L'Amour de la Patrie in 1800 while commanding the Enterprise; and with same vessel won a brilliant victory in 1801 in the Mediterranean over a Tripolitan cruiser, killing fifty of the latter's crew without losing one of his own. In recognition of this feat Sterett received a vote of thanks from Congress, and, on Feb. 3, 1802, a sword. He died in Lima, Peru, Jan. 9, 1807.

Harper and Brothers Publishers. . New York. 1902.

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