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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 2385 "Decatur's Struggle with the Algerines" Line engraving by W. Ridgway after an artwork by F.O. Darley, published during the 19th Century. It depicts the battle on board a Tripolitan gunboat during the U.S. Navy's bombardment of Tripoli, 3 August 1804. Lieutenant Stephen Decatur is in the center, engaged in hand-to-hand combat. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Powell Collection. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 169KB; 740 x 570 pixels

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15 November 2002