| Battle of Puerto Plata Harbor | |||||||
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| Part of the Quasi-War | |||||||
 Capture of the French Privateer Sandwich by armed Marines on the Sloop Sally, from the U.S. Frigate Constitution, Philip Colprit | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 United States |
 France  Spain | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Silas Talbot Isaac Hull Daniel Carmick |
Unknown Unknown | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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100 marines and sailors 1 sloop |
1 French corvette 1 Spanish fort | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown |
1 corvette captured 1 fort captured | ||||||
The Battle of Puerto Plata Harbor took place in 1800 with France and Spain on one side, and the United States on the other, during the undeclared Quasi-War officially between the French First Republic and the United States.
American forces landed about a hundred troops and sailors from USS Sally in Puerto Plata and boarded the French corvette Sandwich anchored there, which surrendered after a brief firefight. U.S. Marines then assaulted the Spanish Army's Fortaleza San Felipe; after another brief firefight, the fort was overrun and its cannons were spiked.