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.
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