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|caption=USS ''Libertad'' (left), USS ''Dale'' (right) and  burning ''Alerta'' (center) off Loreto.
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'''''Libertad''''', meaning 'liberty' in Spanish, was a merchant [[schooner]] built on the west coast of [[Mexico]] for service between Mexico and the [[Baja California peninsula]] and along the coast of Mexico. During the [[Mexican–American War]], she was captured at [[Loreto, Baja California Sur|Loreto]], Mexico, along with the schooner ''Fortuna'' on 1 October 1846 by the [[United States Navy]] [[sloop-of-war]] {{USS|Cyane|1837|6}} under the command of [[Commander (United States)|Commander]] [[Samuel Francis Du Pont]].
The U.S. navy fitted ''Libertad'' for duty as a [[Ship's tender|tender]], armed with one 9-pounder gun, retaining her name. She was placed in service with [[Commodore (United States)|Commodore]] [[Robert F. Stockton]]'s [[Pacific Squadron]] early in 1847.  Near the end of the war in February 1848, ''Libertad'' was sold at public sale.
==References==
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{{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/l6/libertad.htm}}
==External links==
* [http://www.aztecclub.com/meyers/meyersplate22.htm THE USS LIBERTAD BOMBARDING PUNTA SOMBRERO], William H. Meyers. Watercolor. 1847. Naval Sketches of the War in California. Limited Edition 1,000. Grabhorn Press. San Francisco. 1939.
: The USS ''Libertad'', tender ship of the USS Dale under command of Lieutenant T. A. M. Craven, USN, bombarding Punta Sombrero in the operation against the communications of Mexican troops at Muleje. 31 October 1847. From the collection of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
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[[Category:Mexican–American War ships of the United States]]
[[Category:Ships built in Mexico]]
[[Category:Schooners of the United States Navy]]
[[Category:Ships of Mexico]]