Editing David Farragut (section)

===West Indies===
In 1823, Farragut was placed in command of {{USS|Ferret|1822|6}}, which was his first command of a U.S. naval vessel.<ref>[[#Spears|Spears, 1905]], pp. 123, 126</ref><ref name="navybio">{{cite web |title=Admiral David Glasgow Farragut |url=https://www.history.navy.mil/browse-by-topic/people/namesakes/david-glasgow-farragut.html |website=Naval History and Heritage Command |publisher=United States Navy |access-date=10 October 2022}}</ref> He served in the [[Mosquito Fleet]], a fleet of ships fitted out to [[West Indies Anti-Piracy Operations of the United States|fight pirates]] in the [[Caribbean Sea]]. After learning his old captain, Commodore Porter, would be commander of the fleet, he asked for, and received, orders to serve aboard ''Greyhound'', one of the smaller vessels, commanded by John Porter, brother of David Porter. On February 14, 1823, the fleet set sail for the [[West Indies]] where, for the next six months, they would drive the pirates off the sea, and rout them from their hiding places in among the islands.<ref>[[#Mahan|Mahan, 1892]], pp. 63–64</ref>  He was executive officer aboard the ''Experiment'' during its campaign in the West Indies fighting pirates.<ref>[[#Spears|Spears, 1905]], pp. 32–33</ref> Farragut was promoted to lieutenant in 1825.<ref name="navybio" />