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NH 52512-KN "Decatur Boarding the Tripolitan Gunboat"

Photo #: NH 52512-KN "Decatur Boarding the Tripolitan Gunboat"
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Description: Decatur Boarding the Tripolitan Gunboat, during the bombardment of Tripoli, 3 August 1804 Oil by Orlando S. Lagman, 1965, after the painting by Dennis Malone Carter. It depicts Lieutenant Stephen Decatur (lower right center) and Midshipman Thomas Macdonough in action during the boarding of the Tripolitan vessel. Courtesy of the Navy Art Collection, Washington, DC. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
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