Photo #: NH 97917
Samoan Hurricane of 15-16 March 1889
Crewmen of USS Vandalia at their camp at Apia, Upolu,
Samoa, shortly after their ship was wrecked in the storm.
Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Donation of Lieutenant
H.E. La Mertha, USNR, 1934.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 579
Samoan Hurricane of 15-16 March 1889
Some the wrecked USS Vandalia's survivors at their camp,
at Apia, Upolu, Samoa, following the storm.
Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Donation of Lieutenant
H.E. La Mertha, USNR, 1934.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 580
Samoan Hurricane of 15-16 March 1889
Some USS Vandalia's survivors in front of their camp headquarters,
at Apia, Upolu, Samoa, following the storm.
Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Donation of Lieutenant
H.E. La Mertha, USNR, 1934.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 71286
Samoan Hurricane of 15-16 March 1889
Survivors of USS Vandalia in front of their camp headquarters,
at Apia, Upolu, Samoa, following the storm.
Collection of Chief Engineer Albert S. Greene, who served in
Vandalia at the time.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 1909
Samoan Hurricane of 15-16 March 1889
Guns, carriages and rigging from USS Trenton and USS Vandalia
hauled up on the beach at Apia, Upolu, Samoa during salvage efforts
after the storm. Four Samoan men are standing in front.
These appear to be Dahlgren type guns, with iron carriages.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 97997
Samoan Hurricane of 15-16 March 1889
Guns and carriages from USS Trenton and USS Vandalia,
at Apia, Upolu, Samoa, after they were salvaged from the sunken
ships.
These appear to be Dahlgren type guns, with iron carriages. They
were later transported to the Mare Island Navy Yard by USS Monongahela.
Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Collection of Admiral
Richard H. Jackson, 1965.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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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.
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