File:USSConstellationVsInsurgente.jpg

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English: Scene depicting the action of 9 February 1799, when the USS Constellation (left), commanded by Captain Thomas Truxtun, captured the French frigate L'Insurgente (right).
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Source Original source: Navy History and Heritage Command, National Archive ID# 428-KN-2882.
Author Rear Admiral John William Schmidt (Ret.) (1906–1981)

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