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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data
Photo #: NH 78342
Burning of French Transport Vinh-Long, 16 December 1922
Lifeboats pick up survivors of the burning ship, in the Sea of
Marmora, Turkey, during the morning of 16 December 1922. The
boat in the center appears to be largely swamped.
Photographed from USS Bainbridge (DD-246).
Donation of Frank A. Downey, 1973.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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