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 60689
"Burning of the Philadelphia"
19th Century engraving, depicting the burning of USS USS Philadelphia
in Tripoli harbor by a boarding party led by Lieutenant Stephen
Decatur, 16 February 1804.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 144KB; 740 x 470 pixels
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