Oil painting by Dennis Malone Carter entitled Decatur boarding the Tripolitan Gunboat. Stephen Decatur is seen in lower right center, in mortal combat with the Tripolitan Captain, action depicted in the Bombardment of Tripoli, 3 August 1804.
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