Second Battle of Tripoli Harbor

Second Battle of Tripoli Harbor
	Part of the First Barbary War
	; Destruction of USS Intrepid
Date	3 August – 10 September 1804
Location	Tripoli, Eyalet of Tripolitania32°54′8″N 13°11′9″E / 32.90222°N 13.18583°E
Result	Tripolitanian victory
Belligerents
Tripolitania	United States; Kingdom of Sicily
Commanders and leaders
Yusuf Karamanli	Edward Preble; Stephen Decatur, Jr.; James Decatur †; Richard Somers †
Strength
1 brig ; 2 schooners ; 2 galleys ; 19 gunboats; 25,000 men; 115 cannons	1 frigate; 3 brigs; 3 schooners; 2 bomb vessels; 6 gunboats; 1,060 men.
Casualties and losses
2 gunboats sunk; 3 gunboats captured; 47 men killed; 27 captured	30 killed; 20 wounded; 2 ships destroyed; 1 boat sunk

The Second Battle of Tripoli Harbor was a naval action that occurred during the American naval blockade, which took place in Tripoli Harbor between August and September, 1804. The battle was part of the First Barbary War between forces of the United States and the forces of the Eyalet of Tripolitania.