DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER
805 KIDDER BREESE SE -- WASHINGTON NAVY YARD
WASHINGTON DC 20374-5060
Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data
Photo #: NH 50459
Burning of USS Philadelphia, 16 February 1804
19th Century painting depicting the Philadelphia aflame
in Tripoli harbor, after she had been captured and set afire
by Lieutenant Stephen Decatur's boarding party.
Courtesy of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 127KB; 740 x 570 pixels
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