| Conflict: | Capture of USS Retaliation |
| Date: | November 20, 1798 |
| Partof: | the Quasi War |
| Place: | Unknown |
| Result: | French victory |
| Combatant1: |  United States |
| Combatant2: | France |
| Strength1: | 1 schooner: USS Retaliation - 14 guns, 76 to 87 enlisted and officers[1] |
| Strength2: | 2 frigates: L'insurgente - 40 guns, 278+ enlisted and officers Volontaire - 40 guns, unknown crew |
| Commander1: | William Bainbridge |
| Commander2: | Michel-Pierre Barreaut |
| Casualties1: | 1 warship captured |
| Casualties2: | Unknown |
On November 20, 1798, a pair of French Navy frigates, the L'insurgente and Volontaire, with some 80 guns in combined strength, captured an American 14-gun schooner, USS Retaliation. The ship was later recaptured on June 28, 1799, and the L'insurgente was captured the following month as well. The Retaliation was the only American warship captured during the war.