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Listen: The Gospel ProgramHistorical marker in Key Largo - Monroe County, Florida
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Series 236, Box 1, envelope 167
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Sign text read: Porter's Anti-Pirate Fleet. An outbreak of piracy in 1822 prompted the United States to organize the West Indian Squadron, an anti-pirate fleet. Commanded by Commodore David Porter, the squadron in 1823 included 17 ships and 1100 men based in Key West. For two years the fleet attacked many of the estimated 2000 pirates in the Indies. In 1825, after Porter was removed from command, Commodore Lewis Warrington continued the assault. Some 79 pirates were taken by US ships. F-1. Florida Board of Parks and Historic Memorials. 1961.
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