Warship Under Sail

Warship Under Sail: The USS Decatur in the Pacific West is a historical nonfiction work by Seattle author Lorraine McConaghy. Based on archives of the United States Navy, it documents USS Decatur (1839)'s 1854–1859 Pacific Ocean cruises. During this time Decatur played a part in the 1856 Battle of Seattle and William Walker's Nicaraguan filibuster.