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.
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