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Photo # NH 580:  USS Vandalia's survivors at their camp at Apia, Samoa, after the March 1889 hurricane

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USS Vandalia (1876-1889) --
In the Apia Hurricane of March 1889 (Part II)


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

For additional pictures on this subject, see:

  • USS Vandalia -- In the Apia Hurricane of March 1889.

    For pictorial coverage on Vandalia's Commanding Officer, who was among those lost in the hurricane, see:

  • Captain Cornelius M. Schoonmaker, USN.


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

    Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

    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.

    Online Image: 139KB; 740 x 615 pixels

     
    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.

    Online Image: 178KB; 740 x 600 pixels

     
    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.

    Online Image: 139KB; 740 x 590 pixels

     
    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.

    Online Image: 102KB; 740 x 575 pixels

     
    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.

    Online Image: 161KB; 740 x 595 pixels

     
    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.

    Online Image: 156KB; 740 x 625 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

     

    For additional pictures on this subject, see:

  • USS Vandalia -- In the Apia Hurricane of March 1889.

    For pictorial coverage on Vandalia's Commanding Officer, who was among those lost in the hurricane, see:

  • Captain Cornelius M. Schoonmaker, USN.


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


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    Page made 27 March 2002
    Minor text correction 21 April 2002