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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 56734

Stranding and capture of USS Philadelphia, 31 October 1803


Sketch by William Bainbridge Hoff.
It depicts Philadelphia under attack by gunboats off Tripoli, after she ran aground on uncharted rocks while chasing a small enemy vessel.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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21 November 2002