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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data
Photo #: NH 56735
Destruction of USS Philadelphia in Tripoli harbor, 16
February 1804
Artwork from the collection of Mr. Stephen Decatur, depicting
Philadelphia afire after she was boarded and set ablaze
by a party led by Lieutenant Stephen Decatur. In the left foreground
is the ketch Intrepid, which Decatur used during this
mission.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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