Mediterranean Squadron

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The Mediterranean Squadron, also known as the Mediterranean Station, was part of the United States Navy in the 1800s.

As early as 1801, prior to the First Barbary War, ships serving in the Mediterranean Sea were organized into a squadron commanded by a captain who carried the title of Commodore. President, Essex, Philadelphia, and Enterprise anchored in the Bay of Gibraltar on 1 July 1801 and comprised the first squadron.

In 1843, the squadron was comprised of four ships, Columbia, Cumberland, Fairfield and Plymouth.

The Mediterranean Squadron was succeeded by the European Squadron following the American Civil War in 1865.

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