This Day in Coast Guard History – Oct. 23

October 22, 2009

1818-The RC Monroe captured the armed brig Columbia inside the Virginia Capes.  Columbia had been "cut out" of a Venezuelan fleet by pirates.

(Source: USCG Historian’s Office)

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