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May 16, 1843
Austin and Wharton engage the Moctezuma and the Guadaloupe
On this day in 1843, two ships of the Texas Navy--the sloop-of-war Austin and the brig Wharton--won a decisive victory in a return engagement with two Mexican ships off the coast of the Yucatán. The
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