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Truxtun, Thomas

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Truxtun, Thomas (1753–1822)

US naval officer and merchant captain. He became a naval captain (1794) and supervised the construction of the USS Constellation at Baltimore. During the undeclared war with France he captured the French Insurgente (1799) and defeated La Vengeance in a five-hour battle in 1800. He wrote books on navigation and naval tactics and left a record of success for the new US Navy. Truxton was born near Hempstead, New York. He was successful as a privateer in the American Revolution and as a captain in the China trade.



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