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Photo # NH 63083:  USS Nipsic in the floating drydock at Honolulu, Hawaii, circa August 1889

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USS Nipsic (1879-1913) --
Under Repair at Honolulu, 1889


This page features all the views we have of USS Nipsic under repair at Honolulu, Hawaii, following the March 1899 Samoan hurricane.

For additional views related to this ship, 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 63083

    USS Nipsic
    (1879-1913)

    In the floating drydock at Honolulu, Hawaii, circa August 1889, after arriving from Samoa for repair of damage received during the 15-16 March 1889 Apia hurricane.
    Not only was the propeller bent beyond repair, but the rudder and rudderpost were torn away, as were the keel and deadwood below the propeller.
    Note the sailors (including two Chief Petty Officers wearing enlisted "white hats"), sanitary discharge chute running from the port quarter to the water, and rudder post bracket. The words "corn meal" are written on the lower right propeller blade.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 134KB; 585 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 90464

    USS Nipsic
    (1879-1913)

    In the floating drydock at Honolulu, Hawaii, circa August 1889, after arriving from Samoa for repair of damage received during the 15-16 March 1889 Apia hurricane.
    Note her missing rudderpost and rudder, and the badly bent propeller.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 87KB; 740 x 585 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 97923

    USS Nipsic
    (1879-1913)

    View of the ship's after hull, taken in the floating drydock at Honolulu, Hawaii, circa August 1889, while under repair for damage received during the 15-16 March 1889 hurricane at Apia, Samoa.
    Note her missing rudderpost and rudder, badly bent propeller, and "weathered" copper hull sheathing.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 120KB; 740 x 555 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 63082

    USS Nipsic
    (1879-1913)

    Ship's propeller, showing damage received during the 15-16 March 1889 hurricane at Apia, Samoa.
    Not only was the propeller bent beyond repair, but the rudder and rudderpost were torn away, as were the keel and deadwood below the propeller.
    Photographed in drydock at Honolulu, Hawaii, after Nipsic had arrived from Samoa, circa August 1889.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 89KB; 530 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 44708

    USS Nipsic
    (1879-1913)

    View of the new iron rudder, rudderpost, propeller and rebuilt keel and deadwood, with renewed copper hull sheathing. Photographed in drydock at Honolulu, Hawaii, circa late 1889, after repairs were completed.
    Nipsic had lost her sternpost and rudder in the 15-16 March 1889 hurricane at Apia, Samoa, which also bent her propeller beyond repair and badly damaged her hull immediately below the propeller.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 120KB; 600 x 765 pixels

     

    For additional views related to this ship, 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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