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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 56735

Destruction of USS Philadelphia in Tripoli harbor, 16 February 1804


Artwork from the collection of Mr. Stephen Decatur, depicting Philadelphia afire after she was boarded and set ablaze by a party led by Lieutenant Stephen Decatur. In the left foreground is the ketch Intrepid, which Decatur used during this mission.

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15 November 2002