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NH 78343 Burning of French Transport Vinh-Long, 16 December 1922

Photo #: NH 78343 Burning of French Transport Vinh-Long, 16 December 1922
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Title: Burning of French Transport Vinh-Long, 16 December 1922
Description: French soldiers and sailors on board USS Bainbridge (DD-246), off Constantinople, Turkey, on 16 December 1922. They are some of the 482 survivors that Bainbridge rescued that morning as Vinh-Long burned in the Sea of Marmora. Note torpedo tubes. Donation of Frank A. Downey, 1973. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 78343
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