Talk:USS Constellation vs La Vengeance

What was the effect on the Quasi War? Was this a turning point? Did the French become more respectful? Did it build the morale of the new American Navy? Tx Billyshiverstick (talk) 01:32, 1 February 2014 (UTC)Reply

This action was of no consequence stragegically. Pitot's ship was leaving the Carribean theater for france, and so knocking it out of action did not really affect the strategic balance of forces during the war. If pitot had chosen to stay at curacao when asked to support the french invasion there, it might have helped tip the balance of power in that engagement. But the only reason Pitot's ship was even at curacao and available for the operation was because he was forced by his engagement with truxton to put in there for repairs. His ship was in horrendous condition and crew decimated, so its hard to say if he would have been much use there when the heaviest fighting began anyway. There really was no turning point to the quasi war on a whole, the only decisive campaign was in Haiti during the war of knives, where american naval support was key to defeating pro-french forces there at the siege of Jacmel. Since almost the entire war consisted of single-ship actions between french privateers and american warships or american merchantmen the war never had a decisive conclusion.XavierGreen (talk) 17:09, 1 February 2014 (UTC)Reply

It says "Both vessels had arrived at Guadeloupe on 10 December, 1800." Since December is after February, this doesn't make much sense, unless it's supposed to be 1799. Brutannica (talk) 17:17, 1 February 2014 (UTC)Reply