File:Boarding the United States Frigate Philadelphia in Tripoli Harbor.jpg

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English: 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.
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Source www.tecom.usmc.mil (United States Marine Corps History website)
Author United States Navy (Official Navy Photograph #KN-10849)
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