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Photo # NH 42125:  USS Nipsic beached.  Artwork by Rear Admiral Lewis A. Kimberly

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USS Nipsic (1879-1913) --
In the Apia Hurricane of March 1889 (additional views)


This page features additional views related to USS Nipsic during and after the March 1889 hurricane at Apia, Samoa.

For additional pictures on this subject, see:

  • USS Nipsic (1879-1913).


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

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    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 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 42126

    Hurricane at Apia, Samoa, 15-16 March 1889


    "View of the bow of the Nipsic and beach before the American Consul"
    Artwork by Rear Admiral Lewis A. Kimberly, contained in his personal journal of the Apia Hurricane. It shows the southeastern beach of Apia Harbor soon after the storm, with the bow of USS Nipsic at left. The U.S. Consulate was in this part of the town.

    Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Donation of Miss Elsie S. Kimberly, January 1958.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 117KB; 740 x 555 pixels

     
    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.

    Online Image: 126KB; 615 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 42128

    Hurricane at Apia, Samoa, 15-16 March 1889


    "Jury Rudder for the Nipsic. 22 feet-long, with Bollards filled with grape shot for weights. Made at Apia, it worked satisfactorily on a voyage of over 3000 miles from Pango-Pango -- to Fanning Island and Honolulu -- called by the sailors The 'Admiral's Fiddle'"
    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 jury rudder made for USS Nipsic.

    Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Donation of Miss Elsie S. Kimberly, January 1958.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 151KB; 610 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 42129

    Hurricane at Apia, Samoa, 15-16 March 1889


    "The Nipsic after being hauled off the beach with jury rudder"
    Artwork by Rear Admiral Lewis A. Kimberly, contained in his personal journal of the Apia Hurricane. It shows USS Nipsic as she was fitted during the long voyage from Apia to Honolulu, in May-August 1889.

    Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Donation of Miss Elsie S. Kimberly, January 1958.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 94KB; 740 x 555 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

     

    For additional pictures on this subject, see:

  • USS Nipsic (1879-1913).


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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