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USS Decatur (1839)

USS Decatur (1839) was a sloop-of-war in the United States Navy during the mid-19th century. She was commissioned to protect American interests in the South Atlantic Ocean, including the interception of ships involved in the African slave trade. Decatur served in both the Mexican-American War and the American Civil War.The sloop-of-war was named in honor of Commodore Stephen Decatur (1779–1820), one of the United States Navy's greatest heroes and leaders of the first two decades of the 19th Century.

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William A. Abbott

8 Aug 1831 – 30 May 1898

Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA

Plot info: Area B - Grid 12 - Plot 490

John Haley

1789 – 30 Aug 1863

Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA

Plot info: Naval Plot Section 2 Row 4 Site 7

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Capt Henry Warren Ogden

27 Jan 1800 – 25 Aug 1860

Wethersfield Springs, Wyoming County, New York, USA

Hugh Semple

1801 – Dec 1859

Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA

Plot info: USNH Plot 2 Row 7 Grave 20

Richard Wood

1828 – 11 Aug 1894

Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA

Plot info: 134 - 228

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