Dauphin Island, Mobile, iv. 379; Federal troops landed on, 385. “Davids,” torpedo boats, first used at Charleston, iv. 497; derivation of name, 498. Davis, Captain Charles, relieves Commodore Foote, iv. 289; his inactivity, 293. Davis, Captain Charles H., replaces the buoys at Port Royal, iv. 171. Davis, Jefferson, proclamation inviting applications for letters of marque, iv. 85. Davis, Gunner’s Mate John, heroism of, iv. 110; promoted and honored, 111. Davyson, Captain Thomas, surrenders to the _Providence_, i. 282, 283. Dead Sea, exploration of the, iii. 464. _Deane_, American frigate, with the _Boston_, captures six prizes, i. 284, 287. Deane, Silas, member of first Marine Committee, i. 36; American commissioner to France with Franklin, i. 117. De Camp, Commander John, iv. 314. _Decatur_, American privateer, throws her guns overboard, ii. 75. Decatur, Lieutenant James, in the attack on the city of Tripoli, i. 361; killed by the Tripolitans, 362. Decatur, Lieutenant Stephen, Jr., i. 346; captures the _Mastico_, _ib._; sails on the _Mastico_ to set fire to the _Philadelphia_, 348–361; made a captain, 358; in the attack on the city of Tripoli, 361; his encounter with a Tripolitan captain, 363, 364; falls in with the British ships _Eurydice_ and _Atalanta_, ii. 16; cruises in the Azores in the _United States_, 121; encounters the _Macedonian_, 122; fights the second frigate battle of the War of 1812, 125–134; his personal direction of the guns, 128; surrender of the British frigate, 133; ball given to Decatur and his officers in New York, 149; gold medal given by Congress to, 150; transferred to the _President_, iii. 212; ordered to cruise in the East Indies, 215; chased by the British fleet, 216; lightens his ship, 217; addresses his crew, 218; attempts to retreat, 221; ordered to cruise in the South Atlantic, 271; his duelling experiences, 307–315; his fatal duel with Commodore Barron, 318–321; his death, 322; a squadron under his command sent to Africa, 343; his treaty with the Dey, 347–355; compels the Dey to pay indemnity, 355; goes to Tripoli and compels the Bashaw to settle, 357. _Deerhound_, English yacht, witnesses the _Alabama-Kearsarge_ fight off Cherbourg, France, iv. 438; assists in picking up the crew of the _Alabama_, 441. _Defence_, Connecticut cruiser, captures two transports, i. 203, 204. _Defiance_, Confederate ironclad, abandoned by her crew at New Orleans, iv. 337. De Gama, Saldanha, Brazilian rebel admiral, iv. 548. _De Kalb_, armor-plated Federal gun-boat, built by Eads, first called the _St. Louis_, iv. 245; takes part in capture of Arkansas Post, iv. 351. _Delaware_, United States frigate, i. 316. _Demologos_, Fulton’s first steam war-ship, iv. 4, 11.