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Casualty Info
Home Town Seaford, County Down, Ireland; and Rockrest, SC
Last Address Lost At Sea (USS Wasp 1814)
Casualty Date Oct 09, 1814
Cause KIA-Died of Wounds
Location North Atlantic Ocean
Conflict War of 1812
Location of Interment Buried at Sea, North Atlantic Ocean
Description The First Barbary War (1801–1805), also known as the Tripolitanian War and the Barbary Coast War, was the first of two Barbary Wars between the United States and the four North African states known collectively as the "Barbary States". Three of these were nominal provinces of the Ottoman Empire, but in practice autonomous: Tripoli, Algiers, and Tunis. The fourth was the independent Sultanate of Morocco.
The cause of the war was pirates from the Barbary States seizing American merchant ships and holding the crews for ransom, demanding the U.S. pay tribute to the Barbary rulers. United States President Thomas Jefferson refused to pay this tribute.
My Participation in This Battle or Operation
From Month/Year
June / 1801
To Month/Year
December / 1805
Last Updated: Mar 16, 2020
Personal Memories
Memories On the frigate John Adams, sailing for the Mediterranean on 22 October 1803. During that deployment, he saw action off Tripoli bombarding the harbor forts and shipping. The most notable event of the cruise was the destruction of the 20 gun Tripolitan cruiser Meshouda.
