A fact from USS Ferret (1822) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 3 June 2013 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that the USS Ferret was part of a naval fleet that sailed to the Caribbean to subdue the occurrence of pirate raids on merchant ships that had increased to almost 3,000 by the early 1820s?
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Latest comment: 11 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion
Sources that mention the USS Ferret specifically are few and incidental, while in depth sources on the subject seem to be non existent. Any such sources are most welcomed and can be added here on the talk page, or listed in 'Further reading' where they can be used and accordingly moved to the bibliography if that hasn't been done already. -- Gwillhickers (talk) 05:46, 29 May 2013 (UTC)Reply