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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 74530

Capture of USS Philadelphia, 31 October 1803


Sketch by Fred S. Cozzens, copied from his book "Our Navy -- Its Growth and Achievements", 1897.
It depicts Philadelphia under attack by gunboats while aground off Tripoli.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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21 November 2002