Photo #: NH 42127
Hurricane at Apia, Samoa, 15-16 March 1889
"Nipsic beached, Apia, Samoa"
Artwork by Rear Admiral Lewis A. Kimberly, contained in his personal
journal of the Apia Hurricane, photographed against the text
of one of the journal's pages. It shows the bow of USS Nipsic
at left, where she was beached in the southwestern part of Apia
Harbor.
Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Donation of Miss
Elsie S. Kimberly, January 1958.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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