It depicts USS Philadelphia, previously captured by the Tripolitans, ablaze after she was boarded by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Decatur" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Stephen Decatur"><b>Stephen Decatur</b></a> and 60 men and set afire, making their escape in the ketch <i>Intrepid</i>, depicted in the foreground.
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Edward_Moran" class="extiw" title="w:en:Edward Moran"><span title="American artist (1829-1901)">Edward Moran</span></a>
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1897<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1897-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/kn10000/kn10849c.htm">Naval History and Heritage Command: Photo #: KN-10849 (Color)</a>