USS Ferret
... that the USS Ferret was part of a naval fleet that sailed to the Caribbean to subdue the occurrence of pirate raids on merchant ships that had increased to almost 3,000 by the early 1820s?
... that the <b id="mwD_k"><a href="./USS_Ferret_(1822)" id="mwD_o" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="USS Ferret (1822)">USS <i id="mwD_s">Ferret</i></a></b> was part of a naval fleet that sailed to the <a href="./Caribbean" id="mwD_w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Caribbean">Caribbean</a> to subdue the occurrence of <a href="./Piracy_in_the_Caribbean" id="mwD_0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Piracy in the Caribbean">pirate raids</a> on <a class="mw-redirect" href="./Merchant_ships" id="mwD_4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Merchant ships">merchant ships</a> that had increased to almost 3,000 by the early 1820s?