First Barbary War
May 10, 1801 – June 10, 1805 · Mediterranean Sea
The United States fought the Barbary state of Tripoli over attacks on American shipping. The war ended with a treaty after American marines and allies took Derna.
United States
Ottoman Tripolitania
Battles 4
- Action of 1 August 1801 August 1, 1801 · American victory
- First Battle of Tripoli Harbor May 16, 1802 · Inconclusive
- Second Battle of Tripoli Harbor August 3 – September 10, 1804 · Tripolitanian victory
- Battle of Derna (1805) April 27 – June 12, 1805 · American victory