Photo #: NH 78339
Burning of French Transport Vinh-Long, 16 December 1922
USS Bainbridge (DD-246) noses into the burning ship's
port bow to rescue her survivors, in the Sea of Marmora, Turkey,
during the morning of 16 December 1922. Note lifeboats and people
in the water alongside Vinh-Long.
Photographed from Bainbridge's forward superstructure.
Donation of Frank A. Downey, 1973.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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