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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 42114

Hurricane at Apia, Samoa, 15-16 March 1889


"Appearance of the harbor before the Hurricane."
Artwork by Rear Admiral Lewis A. Kimberly, contained in his personal journal of the Apia Hurricane. It shows U.S., German and British warships, as well as civilian shipping, anchored in Apia Harbor.

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

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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2 April 2002