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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 78335

Burning of French Transport Vinh-Long, 16 December 1922

Vinh-Long afire in the Sea of Marmora near Constantinople, Turkey, in the morning of 16 December 1922. Survivors are beginning to pull away in lifeboats.
This view was taken from USS Bainbridge (DD-246), which was then coming up to assist.

Donation of Frank A. Downey, 1973.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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16 October 2002