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Photo #: NH 42119 Hurricane at Apia, Samoa, 15-16 March 1889 "The Trenton before the Hurricane" Artwork by Rear Admiral Lewis A. Kimberly, contained in his personal journal of the Apia Hurricane. It shows USS Trenton at anchor in Apia Harbor prior to the storm, before she had made heavy weather preparations. 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 42120 Hurricane at Apia, Samoa, 15-16 March 1889 "Trenton dragging along the reefs" Artwork by Rear Admiral Lewis A. Kimberly, contained in his personal journal of the Apia Hurricane. It shows USS Trenton during the height of the storm, with her anchors dragging as she is pushed deeper into Apia Harbor. Note that she is shown with steam up. Water entering through her low hause pipes (visible at her bow) ultimately put out her fires, greatly reducing her ability to survive the wind and waves. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Donation of Miss Elsie S. Kimberly, January 1958. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 99KB; 740 x 525 pixels
Photo #: NH 42121 Hurricane at Apia, Samoa, 15-16 March 1889 "Trenton dragging along the reefs with 90 feet on her riding cable. Three others carried away." Artwork by Rear Admiral Lewis A. Kimberly, contained in his personal journal of the Apia Hurricane. It shows USS Trenton being driven toward the southern end of Apia Harbor by the force of wind and waves. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Donation of Miss Elsie S. Kimberly, January 1958. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 114KB; 740 x 615 pixels
Photo #: NH 97994 Samoan Hurricane of 15-16 March 1889 Scene in Apia Harbor, Upolu, Samoa, following the storm. USS Trenton is in the center, with salvage operations underway. Barely visible on her opposite side is the sunken USS Vandalia. Surf is breaking on the reef, closer to the camera. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Collection of Admiral Richard H. Jackson, 1965. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 91KB; 740 x 620 pixels
Photo #: NH 2150 Samoan Hurricane of 15-16 March 1889 Wrecked ships in Apia Harbor, Upolu, Samoa, soon after the storm. The view looks about northward, with USS Trenton and the sunken USS Vandalia at left, the German corvette Olga beached in the center distance and USS Nipsic beached in the right center. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 79KB; 740 x 570 pixels
Photo #: NH 42289 Samoan Hurricane of 15-16 March 1889 Wrecked ships in Apia Harbor, Upolu, Samoa, during salvage efforts soon after the storm. The view looks about northward, with USS Trenton and the sunken USS Vandalia to the left and the beached German corvette Olga at right. Wreckage just off Trenton's stern may be from the German gunboat Eber, which was destroyed when she struck the harbor reef during the hurricane. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 85KB; 740 x 465 pixels
Photo #: NH 2148 Samoan Hurricane of 15-16 March 1889 Wrecked ships in Apia Harbor, Upolu, Samoa soon after the storm. The view looks northwestward, with the shattered bow of the German gunboat Eber on the beach in the foreground. The stern of USS Trenton is at right, with the sunken USS Vandalia alongside. The German gunboat Adler is on her side in the center distance. Trenton's starboard quarter gallery has been largely ripped away. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 81KB; 740 x 585 pixels
Photo #: NH 2149 Samoan Hurricane of 15-16 March 1889 Scene in Apia Harbor, Upolu, Samoa, during salvage efforts, circa late March or early April. The view looks about northwestward. In the foreground are improvised shear legs and purchase for handling guns, carriages and other heavy weights removed from the wrecks. This arrangement was used both in landing materials and later in embarking it on USS Monongahela for transit home. The bow of the German gunboat Eber is at left, by the shear legs. USS Trenton is in the center, with the sunken USS Vandalia alongside. Vandalia's smokestack has been removed to replace that of USS Nipsic, which is probably the ship in the right distance. In the left distance is the German gunboat Adler, on her side in shallow water. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 118KB; 740 x 635 pixels

For more views related to Trenton and the Apia hurricane, see:

USS Trenton -- In the Apia Hurricane of March 1889 (Part II); and

USS Trenton -- In the Apia Hurricane of March 1889 (Part III).

For additional pictures related to this ship, see:

USS Trenton (1877-1889).

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