Action of 1 January 1800
The Action of 1 January 1800 was a naval battle of the Quasi-War. It took place off the coast of present-day Haiti, near the island of Gonâve in the Bight of Léogâne. The battle was fought between an American convoy of four merchant vessels escorted by the United States naval schooner USS Experiment, and a squadron of armed barges manned...
