DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER
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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data
Photo #: NH 74526
Action between USS Chesapeake and HMS Leopard,
22 June 1807
Sketch by Fred S. Cozzens, copied from his 1897 book "Our
Navy -- Its Growth and Achievements".
It depicts Leopard, at right, firing on Chesapeake
to enforce a demand that she submit to a search of her crew for
British Navy deserters.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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