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17253	Ellis, Edward Sylvester	Dewey and Other Naval Commanders			.txt	text/plain	69373	3485	73	time the leading vessel passed the forts, all had reached a safe point "Captain Smith gave orders to spike the port battery and throw the guns lieutenant (George Dewey) left the ship, all the officers and crew given command of the 24-gun ship _Alfred_, while Captain Hacker took ship of 40 guns placed under the command of Jones. their naval officers to capture American vessels, and when we sent man, at the head, formed a new navy and told the men-of-war to go out American 44-gun frigate as the _United States_, Captain Stephen Decatur. Captain Decatur lay in the harbor of New York with his vessels and found Captain Porter placed an officer and crew in charge of the prize, with vessel, until Captain Porter had under his command seven ships, carrying vessels not captured dared leave port, and the American merchant ships Captain Christopher Raymond Perry, who commanded the 28-gun ship	./cache/17253.txt	./txt/17253.txt