What military tactics did the United States employ in the Barbary/ Tripolitan War?

Answer 1

There are three main pieces to the conflict, each with its own tactics

1) naval blockade with raids against the Barbary fleets (beginning in 1801). The blockade gained immediate response from two of the city-states (Algiers & Tunis), but Tripoli and Morocco did not back down

2) battle of Tripoli harbor (1803-4)
- entering the harbor in a disguised ship (the Intrepid), Stephen Decatur & crew destroyed the captured Philadelphia to prevent its being used against us (the beginning of Decatur's fame)
- inconconclusive battles in the harbor, including attempt to destroy fleet by exploding Intrepid in the harbor (failed)

3) battle of Derna (1805)
William Eaton with some marines, mercenary forces and the support of the exiled brother of the bashaw (ruler) of Tripoli [that is, the the rightful bashaw], made an overland attack (with some naval support) in the battle of Derna. This was much more successful than the simply naval approach that preceded it, and forced the bashaw to settle (though the American leaders seemed much too quick to offer him favorable terms. Eaton felt that we had betrayed the bashaw's brother.)
It was this last battle that was memorialized in the lines of the Marine hymn ("to the shores of Tripoli").

Answer 2

Lt. Stephen Decatur used a captured Turkish ketch renamed Intrepid, and disguising his seventy-four volunteers as Arabs, they sailed silently into Tripoli harbor on the night of February 15, 1804. They came alongside the Philadelphia and scaled its hull with grappling hooks. Taking advantage of the element of surprise, they pounced on the sleeping crew screaming and brandishing only hand weapons. Twenty pirates were dead within minutes. The rest of the crew were compelled to abandoned ship in the most efficacious manner (i.e. jumping overboard) while as Decatur's men set about laying charges. The fire set by the raiders had already reached the Philadelphia's powder magazine, and Decatur was almost out of the harbor when the Pasha's cannons opened up on them. The Intrepid outmaneuvered the bombardment, and the corsairs sent to intercept them. They made it safely back to Malta with all hands. Stephen Decatur was promoted to Captain at age twenty-five, and to this day remains the youngest person ever to command a vessel in the history of the United States Navy.

Answer 3

They put up naval blockades on the coastal town of Tripoli and they sent in a general who invaded Barbary.

Answer 4

Naval Blockade.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

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