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Photo #: NH 42133 Hurricane at Apia, Samoa, 15-16 March 1889 "Wrecks of the Trenton & Vandalia, Apia Samoa" Artwork by Rear Admiral Lewis A. Kimberly, contained in his personal journal of the Apia Hurricane. It shows USS Vandalia sunk shortly after the storm, with USS Trenton wrecked alongside her. Salvage work has begun on Trenton. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Donation of Miss Elsie S. Kimberly, January 1958. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 85KB; 740 x 535 pixels
Photo #: NH 42136 Hurricane at Apia, Samoa, 15-16 March 1889 "Views of the Trenton, Vandalia, Nipsic, & Olga looking from the shore" Artwork by Rear Admiral Lewis A. Kimberly, contained in his personal journal of the Apia Hurricane. It shows USS Trenton at left, with USS Vandalia sunk along side her. The stern of USS Nipsic is at right, and the German corvette Olga is beached in the distance. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Donation of Miss Elsie S. Kimberly, January 1958. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 110KB; 740 x 550 pixels
Photo #: NH 42125 Hurricane at Apia, Samoa, 15-16 March 1889 "The Nipsic beached, wrecks of Trenton & Vandalia astern." Artwork by Rear Admiral Lewis A. Kimberly, contained in his personal journal of the Apia Hurricane. It shows the southeastern part of Apia Harbor after the storm's end. USS Nipsic is in the foreground and USS Vandalia is sunk at right, with USS Trenton wrecked alongside her. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Donation of Miss Elsie S. Kimberly, January 1958. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 106KB; 740 x 530 pixels
Photo #: NH 42123 Hurricane at Apia, Samoa, 15-16 March 1889 "The beach after the hurricane at Apia." Artwork by Rear Admiral Lewis A. Kimberly, contained in his personal journal of the Apia Hurricane. It shows the southern end of Apia Harbor soon after the storm's end, with the sunken USS Vandalia at the far right. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Donation of Miss Elsie S. Kimberly, January 1958. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 133KB; 740 x 600 pixels
Photo #: NH 42124 Hurricane at Apia, Samoa, 15-16 March 1889 "Western part of the Harbor. Mulinuu point in the distance" Artwork by Rear Admiral Lewis A. Kimberly, contained in his personal journal of the Apia Hurricane. It shows the southern end of Apia Harbor after the storm, with sheers for salvaging guns from USS Trenton and USS Vandalia in the foreground and the German gunboat Adler on her side in the right center background. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Donation of Miss Elsie S. Kimberly, January 1958. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 110KB; 740 x 610 pixels
Photo #: NH 42113 Hurricane at Apia, Samoa, 15-16 March 1889 "Plan of the harbor of Apia, with positions of the ships before, and after the hurricane." Chart drawn by Rear Admiral Lewis A. Kimberly, contained in his personal journal of the Apia Hurricane. The chart gives locations for the U.S. Navy ships Trenton, Vandalia and Nipsic; German Navy ships Olga, Adler and Eber; and the British Navy ship Calliope. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Donation of Miss Elsie S. Kimberly, January 1958. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 253KB; 1200 x 875 pixels
Photo #: NH 42141 Hurricane at Apia, Samoa, 15-16 March 1889 "Sketch of Apia Harbor showing Position of Wrecked Vessels after the Gale, Etc." Sketch map by Rear Admiral Lewis A. Kimberly, contained in his personal journal of the Apia Hurricane. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Donation of Miss Elsie S. Kimberly, January 1958. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 71KB; 740 x 510 pixels

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USS Vandalia -- In the Apia Hurricane of March 1889.

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