Photo #: NH 42118
Hurricane at Apia, Samoa, 15-16 March 1889
"The Adler before the Hurricane"
Artwork by Rear Admiral Lewis A. Kimberly, contained in his personal
journal of the Apia Hurricane. It shows the German gunboat Adler
at anchor in Apia Harbor prior to the storm, and 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.
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