Photo #: NH 42131
Hurricane at Apia, Samoa, 15-16 March 1889
"Pencil sketch from Photograph of The wreck of the German,
'Adler', thrown on the reef on her beam ends"
Artwork by Rear Admiral Lewis A. Kimberly, contained in his personal
journal of the Apia Hurricane. It shows German gunboat Adler
as she lay on the western side of Apia Harbor, following the
storm.
Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Donation of Miss
Elsie S. Kimberly, January 1958.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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