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Photo #: NH 78346

Burning of French Transport Vinh-Long, 16 December 1922


French and U.S. Navy boats transferring Vinh-Long's survivors from USS Bainbridge (DD-246), at left, to the French armored cruiser Waldeck Rousseau, off Constantinople, Turkey, 16 December 1922. Vinh-Long had burned in the sea of Marmora earlier that day.
USS Lawrence (DD-250) is partialy visible in the upper right.

Donation of Frank A. Downey, 1973.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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16 October 2002