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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 42121

Hurricane at Apia, Samoa, 15-16 March 1889


"Trenton dragging along the reefs with 90 feet on her riding cable. Three others carried away."
Artwork by Rear Admiral Lewis A. Kimberly, contained in his personal journal of the Apia Hurricane. It shows USS Trenton being driven toward the southern end of Apia Harbor by the force of wind and waves.

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