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Sicilian Salvador Catalano: An American Naval Hero - Photo 6

Sicilian Salvador Catalano: An American Naval Hero - Photo 6

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Sicilian Salvador Catalano: An American Naval Hero - Photo 6

Stephen Decatur, the American naval commander tasked with leading the raid on the Philadelphia. In his official report after the attack, Decatur praised Catalano, “whose good conduct the success of the enterprise in the greatest degree depended.”

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