Seventy Marines and sailors, led by Navy
Lieutenant Stephen Decatur, board the captured U.S.
Frigate Philadelphia in Tripoli Harbor and
set it ablaze, 16 February 1804.
(Official U.S. Navy Photo KN-10849)
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