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Photo # NH 78343:  Survivors of the Vinh-Long aboard USS Bainbridge, 16 December 1922

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-- EVENTS -- The 1920s -- 1922

Burning of the French Transport Vinh-Long, 16 December 1922 -- Part II


This page features more images related to the 16 December 1922 burning of the French transport Vinh-Long and the rescue of her survivors.

For more images related to the loss of Vinh-Long, see:

  • Burning of the French Transport Vinh-Long, 16 December 1922.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the Online Library's digital images, see: How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions.

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    Photo #: NH 78336

    Burning of French Transport Vinh-Long, 16 December 1922

    Vinh-Long burning and exploding in the Sea of Marmora near Constantinople, Turkey, in the morning of 16 December 1922. Two merchant vessels are standing by.
    Photographed from USS Bainbridge (DD-246), which had just removed Vinh-Long's survivors.

    Donation of Frank A. Downey, 1973.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 59KB; 740 x 485 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 78338

    Burning of French Transport Vinh-Long, 16 December 1922

    Vinh-Long afire and exploding in the Sea of Marmora near Constantinople, Turkey, in the morning of 16 December 1922. Two merchant vessels are standing by.
    Photographed from USS Bainbridge (DD-246), which had just removed Vinh-Long's survivors.

    Donation of Frank A. Downey, 1973.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 59KB; 740 x 485 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 78344

    USS Bainbridge (DD-246)


    Off Constantinople, Turkey, on 16 December 1922, with 482 survivors of the French transport Vinh-Long on board. The French ship had burned in the Sea of Marmora earlier that day.
    Bainbridge is flying her ensign at half mast height, in mourning for the victims of the disaster.

    Donation of Frank A. Downey, 1973.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 78KB; 740 x 580 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 78345

    Burning of French Transport Vinh-Long, 16 December 1922


    USS Bainbridge (DD-246) off Constantinople, Turkey, on 16 December 1922, with 482 survivors on board. She had rescued them that morning them from the Vinh-Long, which was afire in the Sea of Marmora.
    Note Bainbridge's ensign flying at half-mast.

    Donation of Frank A. Downey, 1973.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 81KB; 740 x 585 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 78343

    Burning of French Transport Vinh-Long, 16 December 1922


    French soldiers and sailors on board USS Bainbridge (DD-246), off Constantinople, Turkey, on 16 December 1922. They are some of the 482 survivors that Bainbridge rescued that morning as Vinh-Long burned in the Sea of Marmora.
    Note torpedo tubes.

    Donation of Frank A. Downey, 1973.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 87KB; 465 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 78348

    Burning of French Transport Vinh-Long, 16 December 1922


    U.S. and French Navy boats alongside USS Bainbridge (DD-246) to transfer Vinh-Long's survivors to the French armored cruiser Waldeck Rousseau, off Constantinople, Turkey, 16 December 1922. Vinh-Long had burned in the sea of Marmora earlier that day.
    Note the Turkish rowing boats at right and in the center background.

    Donation of Frank A. Downey, 1973.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 101KB; 740 x 485 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 78346

    Burning of French Transport Vinh-Long, 16 December 1922


    French and U.S. Navy boats transferring Vinh-Long's survivors from USS Bainbridge (DD-246), at left, to the French armored cruiser Waldeck Rousseau, off Constantinople, Turkey, 16 December 1922. Vinh-Long had burned in the sea of Marmora earlier that day.
    USS Lawrence (DD-250) is partially visible in the upper right.

    Donation of Frank A. Downey, 1973.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 69KB; 740 x 525 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 78347

    Burning of French Transport Vinh-Long, 16 December 1922


    A French launch, under tow, transfers Vinh-Long survivors from USS Bainbridge (DD-246), from which the photograph was taken, to the French armored cruiser Waldeck Rousseau, off Constantinople, Turkey, 16 December 1922. Vinh-Long had burned in the sea of Marmora earlier that day.
    USS Lawrence (DD-250) and USS Overton (DD-239) are in the background, at left.

    Donation of Frank A. Downey, 1973.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 79KB; 740 x 490 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 78349

    Waldeck Rousseau
    (French Armored Cruiser, 1911)

    Off Constantinople, Turkey, on 16 December 1922, photographed from USS Bainbridge (DD-246). On that day, survivors of the French transport Vinh-Long, which had burned in the sea of Marmora that morning, were transferred from the Bainbridge to the Waldeck Rousseau.

    Donation of Frank A. Downey, 1973.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 45KB; 740 x 485 pixels

     

    For more images related to the loss of Vinh-Long, see:

  • Burning of the French Transport Vinh-Long, 16 December 1922.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the Online Library's digital images, see: How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions.


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