Photo #: 19-N-11576 Burning of French Transport Vinh-Long, 16 December 1922 Vinh-Long aflame from stem to stern in the Sea of Marmora near Constantinople, Turkey, in the morning of 16 December 1922. This view was taken from USS Bainbridge (DD-246), soon after she had removed Vinh-Long's survivors. Note that the transport's mainmast has fallen overboard, the result of a series of explosions that spread flames into the forward part of the ship. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. Online Image: 93KB; 740 x 510 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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16 October 2002