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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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