Tripoli (Libya)

1 conflicts · 1801–1805

$80M

Total US Spending

1

Conflicts

35

US Deaths

—

Troops Stationed

1

Authorized

0

Unauthorized

US Conflicts Involving This Country

⚔️ Conflicts

First Barbary War

✅Victory

1801–1805 · $80M · 35 US deaths

Naval war against Barbary pirates demanding tribute for safe passage in the Mediterranean.

🗣️ What They Said

“The most bold and daring act of the age.”

— Lord Horatio Nelson, British Admiral, describing Decatur's burning of the USS Philadelphia (1804) (Barbary War)