USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Stephen Decatur, depicting Philadelphia afire after she was boarded and set ablaze by a party led by Lieutenant Stephen Decatur.

Detailed explanation-2: -She was laid down about November 14, 1798, launched on November 28, 1799, and commissioned on April 5, 1800, with Captain Stephen Decatur, Sr. in command.

Detailed explanation-3: -Description. In 1803, Stephen Decatur and a crew of 60 men boarded the grounded USS Philadelphia and burned the ship entirely to its hull to prevent its usage by Tripolitan pirates.

Detailed explanation-4: -Hoping to prevent the Barbary pirates from gaining this military advantage, Lieutenant Stephen Decatur led a daring expedition into Tripoli harbor to destroy the captured American vessel on February 16, 1804.