Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
June 25, 1823
Primary Source Reference:
Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 124
Notes:
On 16 Feb 1804 Lt. Stephen Decatur led a party of volunteers aboard the Intrepid and burned the USS Philadelphia after it had run aground and been captured by pirates during the First Barbary War.
