Photo #: NH 52512-KN (Color)
"Decatur Boarding the Tripolitan Gunboat",
during the bombardment of Tripoli, 3 August 1804
Oil by Orlando S. Lagman, 1965, after the painting by Dennis
Malone Carter. It depicts Lieutenant Stephen Decatur (lower right
center) and Midshipman Thomas Macdonough in action during the
boarding of the Tripolitan vessel.
Courtesy of the Navy Art Collection, Washington, DC.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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