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. Desertions from British ships, i. 394. _De Soto_, Federal boat, added to Ellet’s command, iv. 351; burned, 352. _Detroit_, American brig, captured by the British, ii. 274; recaptured by Lieutenant Elliott, 276; runs aground on Squaw Island, 278; British again capture her, _ib._; the Americans destroy her, 279. _Detroit_, United States cruiser, at Rio Janeiro, iv. 548; fires on the _Guanabara_, 553. _Diadem_, British frigate, strength and armament of, iv. 23. Diamond Reef, near Cape Hatteras, iv. 165. Dickenson, Captain James, attacks the _Hornet_, iii. 273; is killed in the fight, 276. _Diligence_, British schooner, sent to capture Captain Jeremiah O’Brien, i. 23. _Diligent_, English brig, surrenders to the _Providence_, i. 282, 283. Discipline on board American frigate _Constellation_, i. 322. Discord fomented by England between the States of the Union, i. 384. _Divided We Fall_, American privateer, ii. 253. _Dixie_, Confederate privateer, iv. 93.