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 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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