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Photo # NH 70598:  USS Nipsic's propeller on display at the Mare Island Navy Yard

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USS Nipsic (1879-1913) --
Relics and Miscellaneous Views


This page features miscellaneous views related to USS Nipsic.

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 74114

    Bombardment of Alexandria, Egypt, 1882


    Front page of "The Judge" magazine, 12 August 1882, featuring a cartoon by "JAW" concerning aid rendered by the U.S. Navy during the British Navy's bombardment of Alexandria, Egypt, in July 1882. Landing parties from USS Lancaster, USS Quinnebaug and USS Nipsic went ashore on 14 July, after the bombardment.
    The cartoon also makes note of the U.S. Navy's general condition at that time.

    Courtesy of Captain Roger G. Gerry, USN(DC), U.S. Naval Hospital, St. Albans, New York, 1964.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 142KB; 510 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 1897

    Samoan Hurricane of 15-16 March 1889


    Memorial tablet in the Chapel at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, dedicated to the memory of officers and men of USS Trenton, USS Vandalia and USS Nipsic who lost their lives in the storm.
    Photographed circa the early 1900s or earlier.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 138KB; 555 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 44710

    USS Nipsic
    (1879-1913)

    The ship's propeller on display at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, circa the 1890s.
    This four-bladed propeller was badly bent when Nipsic went ashore during the 15-16 March 1889 hurricane at Apia, Samoa.

    Collection of Rear Admiral Ammen Farenholt, USN(MC).

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 120KB; 740 x 565 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 70598

    USS Nipsic
    (1879-1913)

    The ship's badly bent propeller on display at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, some time prior to 1915.
    This propeller was damaged during the 15-16 March 1889 hurricane at Apia, Samoa.

    Courtesy of the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, 1970.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 117KB; 740 x 565 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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