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The Mediterranean Squadron, also known as the Mediterranean Station, was part of the United States Navy in the 19th century.

As early as 1801, prior to the First Barbary War, ships serving in the Mediterranean Sea were organized into a squadron commanded by a captain who carried the title of Commodore. President, Essex, Philadelphia, and Enterprise anchored in the Bay of Gibraltar on 1 July 1801 and comprised the first squadron.

In 1843, the squadron comprised four ships, Columbia, Cumberland, Fairfield and Plymouth.

The Mediterranean Squadron was succeeded by the European Squadron following the American Civil War in 1865.

Commanders

	Name	Picture	Rank	Assigned (Orders)	Assumed (On Station)	Relieved (Orders)	Relieved (On Station)
1	COM Richard Dale [1] (First Squadron) [2]			May 20, 1801 [2]	July 1, 1801 [3]	?	?
2	COM Richard Morris [1] (Second Squadron) [2]			?	May 25, 1802 [4]	June 21, 1803 [2]	September 11, 1803 [2]
3	COM John Rodgers [4] (Second Squadron) [2]			June 21, 1803 [2]	September 11, 1803 [4]	?	?
4	COM Edward Preble [1] (Third Squadron) [2]			May 19, 1803 [1]	September, 1803 [3]	1804 [1]	?
5	COM Samuel Barron [2] (Fourth Squadron) [2]			April, 1804 [4]	September 10, 1804 [4]	May 22, 1805 [4]	May 24, 1805 [4]
6	COM John Rodgers [4] (Fourth Squadron) [4]			May 22, 1805 [4]	May 24, 1805 [4]	?	May 27, 1806 [4]
7	COM Hugh Campbell [4] (Fourth Squadron) [4]			?	May 27, 1806 [4]	?	?
	COM Stephen Decatur [4]			?	June 14, 1815 [5]	1815 [5]	1815 [5]
	COM William Bainbridge [5]			1815 [5]	?	?	6 oct 1815 [6]
	COM John Shaw [5]			?	6 oct 1815 [6]	?	?
	COM Isaac Chauncey			?	1816 [7]	?	February 1, 1818 [8]
	COM Charles Stewart [8]			?	February 1, 1818 [8]	?	1820
	COM William Bainbridge [5]			?	?	?	June 4, 1821 [6]
	COM Jacob Jones [6]			?	June 4, 1821 [6]	?	1823 [9]
	COM John Creigton [4]			?	?	?	1824 [10]
	COM Thomas MacDonough [4]			?	Nov 24, 1824 [10]	?	Apr 30, 1825 [10]
	COM John Rodgers [4]			?	April 30, 1825 [4]	?	May 31, 1827 [4]
	COM William Crane [11]			?	1827 [11]	?	?

• Daniel Patterson 1832-1836
• Jesse D. Elliott 1836-1838
• Isaac Hull 1838-1841
• Joseph Smith 1843
• William Bolton 1848
• Charles W. Morgan 1850
• Samuel Livingston Breese 1856-1859
• Uriah Phillips Levy 1860

Further reading

• London, Joshua E.Victory in Tripoli: How America's War with the Barbary Pirates Established the U.S. Navy and Shaped a NationNew Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2005.

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