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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 78337

Burning of French Transport Vinh-Long, 16 December 1922

Vinh-Long afire in the Sea of Marmora near Constantinople, Turkey, in the morning of 16 December 1922. Survivors in lifeboats are nearby.
Photographed from USS Bainbridge (DD-246), which was coming to Vinh-Long's assistance.

Donation of Frank A. Downey, 1973.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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16 October 2002