Brazil Squadron
The Brazil Squadron, the Brazil Station, or the South Atlantic Squadron was an overseas military station established by the United States in 1826 to protect American commerce in the South Atlantic during a war between Brazil and Argentina. When the Cisplatine War between Argentina and Brazil ended, the station remained and continued to protect American interests during several other conflicts. The squadron was also active in the Blockade of Africa suppressing the Atlantic slave trade. Under French Chadwick, the South Atlantic Squadron was involved in the 1904 Perdicaris Incident in Tangier, Morocco. It ceased to exist when it was absorbed into the North Atlantic Fleet in 1905.
Falklands Expedition
An expedition to the Falkland Islands was launched in late 1831 when the sloop-of-war USS Lexington was sent to Puerto Soledad to investigate the capture and possible armament of two American whalers. When the sailors arrived at the settlement, its Argentine population was found to be suffering from starvation so Commander Silas Duncan evacuated the colonists to the mainland. Because of this the Falklands were left unpopulated and open for British colonization a few years later. Argentina's dispute with the United Kingdom over rights to the islands culminated in the 1982 Falklands War which left the British in control. Argentine accounts claim that the USS Lexington destroyed the town with naval gunfire, while American accounts differ.Slave trade
| Vessel | Captor | Date | Location |
| Porpoise | 23 January 1845 | Rio de Janeiro | |
| Albert | June 1845 | Bahia | |
| Laurens | 23 January 1848 | Rio de Janeiro | |
| A.D. Richardson | 11 December 1848 | Rio de Janeiro | |
| Independence | 13 December 1848 | Rio de Janeiro | |
| Susan | 6 February 1849 | Rio de Janeiro |
Commanders
Brazil Squadron
- Commodore Jesse D. Elliott 1825-1826
- Commodore James Biddle 1826-1828
- Commodore John Orde Creighton 1828-1829
- Commodore Stephen Cassin 1829-1831
- Commodore George W. Rodgers 1830–1832
- Commodore Melancthon Taylor Woolsey 1832-1834
- Commodore Daniel Turner 1834-1835
- Commodore James Renshaw 1835-1837
- Commodore John B. Nicolson 1838-1840
- Commodore Charles G. Ridgely 1840–1842
- Commodore Charles Morris 16 Dec 1841 - 19 Feb 1843
- Commodore Edward Rutledge Shubrick 14 Dec 1842- 27 Jun 1843
- Commodore Charles W. Morgan 3 May 1843 - 7 Aug 1843
- Commodore Daniel Turner 18 Apr 1844 – 28 Apr 1845
- Commodore Lawrence Rousseau 25 Oct 1845 – 11 Oct 1847
- Commodore George W. Storer 22 Nov 1847 – 26 Dec 1850
- Commodore Silas H. Stringham 26 Dec 1850 - 1851
- Commodore Isaac McKeever 1 Jun 1851 – 20 Jul 1853
- Commodore William D. Salter 19 Feb 1853 - 22 Apr 1856
- Captain Samuel Mercer 24 Apr 1856 - 3 Dec 1856
- Commodore French Forrest 8 Oct 1856 - 8 May 1858
- Commodore William B. Shubrick 9 Sep 1858 - 16 May 1859
- Commodore Joshua R. Sands 7 Jul 1859 - 24 Aug 1860
- Commodore Louis M. Goldsborough 1860 - 12 Apr 1861
Special Squadron
- Rear Admiral Sylvanus Godon
South Atlantic Squadron
- Rear Admiral William Radford
- Rear Admiral Sylvanus Godon
- Rear Admiral Charles H. Davis
- Commodore Melancthon Brooks Woolsey acting
- Rear Admiral Joseph Lanman
- Rear Admiral Melancthon Brooks Woolsey
- Rear Admiral James Hooker Strong
- Rear Admiral William E. Le Roy
- Commodore Charles Henry Bromedge Caldwell
- Rear Admiral Edward T. Nichols
- Rear Admiral Andrew Bryson
- Rear Admiral James H. Spotts
- Captain Aaron W. Weaver acting
- Rear Admiral Peirce Crosby
- Captain Aaron W. Weaver acting
- Rear Admiral Thomas S. Phelps
- Rear Admiral Daniel L. Braine
- Rear Admiral James Henry Gillis
- Rear Admiral John G. Walker
- Rear Admiral Andrew E. K. Benham
- Rear Admiral Oscar F. Stanton
- Rear Admiral William A. Kirkland
- Rear Admiral Bancroft Gherardi
- Rear Admiral Charles S. Norton
- Captain Yates Stirling
- Captain Colby M. Chester
- Rear Admiral Henry L. Howison
- Rear Admiral Winfield S. Schley
- Rear Admiral George W. Sumner
- Rear Admiral Benjamin P. Lamberton
- Captain Richard Wainwright
- Rear Admiral French E. Chadwick
- Rear Admiral Charles D. Sigsbee