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|Ship name=USS ''Grampus''
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[[Lieutenant]] [[Francis Gregory]] commanded ''Grampus'' on her first cruise as part of the [[West Indies Squadron (United States)|West Indies Squadron]], which took her to the [[Antilles]] in pursuit of [[Piracy|pirate]]s. In the company of {{USS|Hornet|1805, brig|2}}, {{USS|Enterprise|1799|2}}, {{USS|Spark|1813|2}}, {{USS|Porpoise|1820|2}}, and {{USS|Shark|1821|2}}, ''Grampus'' engaged in convoying merchant vessels throughout 1821, the presence of the squadron having a marked effect on piratical activity among the islands.
On 16 August 1822, ''Grampus'' fought a [[brig]] flying [[Spain|Spanish]] colors, but which Lt. Gregory suspected was a pirate. When he called upon her commander to surrender, he was met with cannon and small arms fire. ''Grampus'' answered in turn, and reduced the bogus Spaniard to a floating wreck in {{frac|3|1|2}} minutes. The brig [[Striking the colors|struck her colors]] and Lt. Gregory discovered that she was ''Palmyra'', a [[Puerto Rico]]-based pirate carrying the papers of a [[privateer]] as a subterfuge. ''[[Lloyd's List]]'' named the privateer as ''Panchetta'', of 18 guns and 92 men. The privateer had suffered 11 men killed.<ref>{{cite news |title=The Marine List |work=Lloyd's List |issue=5741 |date=11 October 1822 |hdl=2027/hvd.32044105226328?urlappend=%3Bseq=345 |url=https://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.32044105226328?urlappend=%3Bseq=345 }}</ref>
In 1825, [[Captain (naval)|Captain]] [[John D. Sloat]] — commander of ''Grampus'' — engaged another [[Puerto Rico|Puerto Rican]] pirate, [[Roberto Cofresí]], in [[Capture of the sloop Anne|battle]]. Cofresí was captured along with eleven members of his crew, and they were turned over to the Spanish government. Cofresí was jailed in [[Fort San Felipe del Morro|El Castillo del Morro]] in [[San Juan, Puerto Rico|San Juan]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.preb.com/biog/hcofresi.htm| author=Luis R. Negrón Hernández, Jr.| title=Roberto Cofresí: El pirata caborojeño| language=es| access-date=2007-05-25}}</ref>
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