Return to Naval Historical Center home page. Return to Online Library listing

DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER
805 KIDDER BREESE SE -- WASHINGTON NAVY YARD
WASHINGTON DC 20374-5060

Photo # NH 63405:  Jury rudder being made for USS Nipsic, circa April-May 1889

Online Library of Selected Images:
-- EVENTS -- The 1880s -- 1889

Hurricane at Apia, Samoa, 15-16 March 1889 --
Ship Salvage and Repair (Part II)


This page features additional views related to ship salvage and repair efforts after the March 1889 Apia hurricane.

For more pictures concerning ship salvage and repair after the Apia Hurricane, see:

  • Hurricane at Apia, Samoa, 15-16 March 1889 -- Ship Salvage and Repair ; and
  • Nipsic (1879-1913 -- Under Repair at Honolulu, 1889.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the Online Library's digital images, see: How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions.

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

    Photo #: NH 97925

    Samoan Hurricane of 15-16 March 1889


    Scene in Apia Harbor, Upolu, Samoa, circa late March or early April 1889, during salvage efforts. View looks westerly, with USS Nipsic undergoing repairs in the center. The upturned hull of German gunboat Adler is in shallow water beyond Nipsic.

    Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Collection of Rear Admiral Richard G. Davenport, USN, who was an officer of USS Nipsic during this time.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 60KB; 740 x 505 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 63405

    USS Nipsic
    (1879-1913)

    Jury rudder being made for use in the ship's voyage to Hawaii to receive repairs for damage received during the 15-16 March 1889 hurricane.
    Probably taken at Apia, Upolu, Samoa, circa April-May 1889.
    The men present are (from left to right) the blacksmith's helper, blacksmith and carpenter's mate who built the rudder as designed and supervised by Rear Admiral Lewis A. Kimberly, USN.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 129KB; 740 x 495 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 42128

    Hurricane at Apia, Samoa, 15-16 March 1889


    "Jury Rudder for the Nipsic. 22 feet-long, with Bollards filled with grape shot for weights. Made at Apia, it worked satisfactorily on a voyage of over 3000 miles from Pango-Pango -- to Fanning Island and Honolulu -- called by the sailors The 'Admiral's Fiddle'"
    Artwork by Rear Admiral Lewis A. Kimberly, contained in his personal journal of the Apia Hurricane, photographed against the text of one of the journal's pages. It shows the jury rudder made for USS Nipsic.

    Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Donation of Miss Elsie S. Kimberly, January 1958.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 151KB; 610 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 63081

    USS Nipsic
    (1879-1913)

    View of the ship's starboard quarter, showing the jury rudder fitted after she had lost her rudder post and rudder in the 15-16 March 1889 hurricane at Apia, Samoa.
    This view shows the rudder topped after backing.
    Probably taken at Honolulu, Hawaii, after Nipsic had arrived from Samoa, circa August 1889.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 75KB; 740 x 605 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 44707

    USS Nipsic
    (1879-1913)

    View of the ship's starboard quarter, showing the jury rudder fitted after she had lost her rudder post and rudder in the 15-16 March 1889 hurricane at Apia, Samoa.
    This view shows the rudder lowered for use.
    Probably taken at Honolulu, Hawaii, after Nipsic had arrived from Samoa, circa August 1889.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 80KB; 740 x 530 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 42129

    Hurricane at Apia, Samoa, 15-16 March 1889


    "The Nipsic after being hauled off the beach with jury rudder"
    Artwork by Rear Admiral Lewis A. Kimberly, contained in his personal journal of the Apia Hurricane. It shows USS Nipsic as she was fitted during the long voyage from Apia to Honolulu, in May-August 1889.

    Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Donation of Miss Elsie S. Kimberly, January 1958.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 94KB; 740 x 555 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 63404

    USS Nipsic
    (1879-1913)

    Arriving at Honolulu, Hawaii, with a jury rudder, circa August 1889. She had come up from Samoa for repair of damage received during the 15-16 March 1889 Apia hurricane.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 77KB; 740 x 550 pixels

     

    For more pictures concerning ship salvage and repair after the Apia Hurricane, see:

  • Hurricane at Apia, Samoa, 15-16 March 1889 -- Ship Salvage and Repair ; and
  • Nipsic (1879-1913 -- Under Repair at Honolulu, 1889.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the Online Library's digital images, see: How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions.


    Return to Naval Historical Center home page.

    Page divided 20 July 2002