USS DALE BURNS A WORTHLESS PRIZE
William H. Meyers. Watercolor. 1847. Naval Sketches of the War in California. Limited Edition 1,000. Grabhorn Press. San Francisco. 1939.
Burning of a worthless prize (captured vessel), the Madelina, in the Gulf of California near the island of Tortugas. The USS Libertad appears left, and the USS Dale, right. 3 October 1847.
From the collection of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
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