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.
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