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Quasi-War

Quasi-War
USS Constellation served with distinction in the Quasi-War
Military Conflict
ConflictQuasi-War
Date1798 � 1800
LocationAtlantic Ocean, the Caribbean, the Indian Ocean, and the Mediterranean Sea
ResultIndecisive; end of French privateer attacks on U.S. shipping; U.S. neutrality and renunciation of claims against France, Convention of 1800
United States
France French Republic
President John Adams
Lieutenant General George Washington
Benjamin Stoddert
Alexander Hamilton
Paul Barras
Napoléon Bonaparte
Edme Étienne Borne Desfourneaux
Victor Hugues
A fleet of 54 including:
18 Frigates
4 Sloops
2 Brigs
3 Schooners
5,700 Sailors
365 privateers
Unknown
20 dead
42 wounded
300+ merchantmen and their cargoes captured
1 Privateer captured
93 privateer warships captured

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The Quasi-War was an undeclared war fought mostly at sea between the United States and French Republic from 1798 to 1800. In the United States, the conflict was sometimes also referred to as the Franco-American War, the Pirate Wars, or the Half-War.


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