Photo #: NH 1071
"A perspective View of the loss of the U.S. Frigate Philadelphia
in which is represented her relative position to the Tripolitan
Gun-boats when during their furious attack upon her she was unable
to get a single gun to bear upon them"
Contemporary engraving after a drawing by Charles Denoon.
Courtesy of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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