Photo #: NH 78347
Burning of French Transport Vinh-Long, 16 December 1922
A French launch, under tow, transfers Vinh-Long survivors
from USS Bainbridge (DD-246), from which the photograph
was taken, to the French armored cruiser Waldeck Rousseau,
off Constantinople, Turkey, 16 December 1922. Vinh-Long
had burned in the sea of Marmora earlier that day.
USS Lawrence (DD-250) and USS Overton (DD-239)
are in the background, at left.
Donation of Frank A. Downey, 1973.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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