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Photo # NH 78350:  Ship's Company of USS Bainbridge is commended for the 16 December 1922 rescue of Vinh-Long Survivors

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-- EVENTS -- The 1920s -- 1922

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


This page features still 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.


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    Photo #: NH 78350

    USS Bainbridge (DD-246)


    Ship's Company is commended by Rear Admiral Andrew T. Long, Commander, U.S. Naval Forces in Europe, for their actions in rescuing 482 survivors from the burning French transport Vinh-Long in the Sea of Marmora on 16 December 1922. This photograph was taken sometime after that date.
    Among the officers standing near the starboard deck edge are (from left to right): Rear Admiral Long;
    Lieutenant Commander Walter Atlee Edwards, ship's Commanding Officer (directly behind RAdm. Long); and
    Captain Charles M. Tozer, Commander Destroyer Squadron 14 (holding his ear).

    Donation of Frank A. Downey, 1973.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 130KB; 740 x 550 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 78351

    USS Bainbridge (DD-246)


    Senior officers present during ceremonies commending the Ship's Company for their actions in rescuing 482 survivors from the burning French transport Vinh-Long. The rescue took place in the Sea of Marmora, Turkey, on 16 December 1922. This photograph was taken sometime after that date.
    Those present are (from left to right):
    Captain Charles M. Tozer, Commander Destroyer Squadron 14;
    Rear Admiral Andrew Theodore Long, Commander U.S. Naval Forces in Europe; and
    Lieutenant Commander Walter Atlee Edwards, ship's Commanding Officer.
    Photographed on Bainbridge's foredeck.

    Donation of Frank A. Downey, 1973.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 87KB; 740 x 550 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 52667

    Lieutenant Commander Walter Atlee Edwards, USN


    Receives the Medal of Honor from President Calvin Coolidge, in ceremonies on the White House lawn, Washington, D.C., on 2 February 1924.
    Rear Admiral Andrew T. Long is standing just to the right of President Coolidge. The Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Edward W. Eberle (with beard) is just beyond LCdr. Edwards. Lieutenant T. DeWitt Carr is behind the President, at left.
    LCdr. Edwards was awarded the medal for heroism in rescuing the survivors of the French transport Vinh-Long when she burned in the Sea of Marmora, Turkey, on 16 December 1922. He was then commanding USS Bainbridge (DD-246).

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 106KB; 740 x 590 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 52666

    Lieutenant Commander Walter Atlee Edwards, USN


    Receives the Medal of Honor from President Calvin Coolidge, in ceremonies on the White House lawn, Washington, D.C., on 2 February 1924. Also present, standing beside the President, is Secretary of the Navy Edwin Denby. Rear Admiral Andrew T. Long is in left center, behind President Coolidge.
    LCdr. Edwards was awarded the medal for his actions in rescuing survivors from the burning French transport Vinh-Long in the Sea of Marmora, Turkey, on 16 December 1922. He was then commanding USS Bainbridge (DD-246).

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 130KB; 740 x 580 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 78352

    Burning of French Transport Vinh-Long, 16 December 1922


    Page One of a three-page report by Lieutenant Commander Walter A. Edwards, Commanding Officer of USS Bainbridge (DD-246), concerning his ship's rescue of Vinh-Long's survivors. The event took place in the Sea of Marmora, near Constantinople, Turkey, on the morning of 16 December 1922.
    The original document is a carbon copy, on onionskin paper.

    Donation of Frank A. Downey, 1973.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 169KB; 540 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 78353

    Burning of French Transport Vinh-Long, 16 December 1922


    Page Two of a three-page report by Lieutenant Commander Walter A. Edwards, Commanding Officer of USS Bainbridge (DD-246), concerning his ship's rescue of Vinh-Long's survivors. The event took place in the Sea of Marmora, near Constantinople, Turkey, on the morning of 16 December 1922.
    The original document is a carbon copy, on onionskin paper.

    Donation of Frank A. Downey, 1973.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 135KB; 535 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 78354

    Burning of French Transport Vinh-Long, 16 December 1922


    Page Three of a three-page report by Lieutenant Commander Walter A. Edwards, Commanding Officer of USS Bainbridge (DD-246), concerning his ship's rescue of Vinh-Long's survivors. The event took place in the Sea of Marmora, near Constantinople, Turkey, on the morning of 16 December 1922.
    The original document is a carbon copy, on onionskin paper.

    Donation of Frank A. Downey, 1973.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 119KB; 535 x 765 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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