Photo #: NH 42289
Samoan Hurricane of 15-16 March 1889
Wrecked ships in Apia Harbor, Upolu, Samoa, during salvage efforts
soon after the storm. The view looks about northward, with USS
Trenton and the sunken USS Vandalia to the left
and the beached German corvette Olga at right.
Wreckage just off Trenton's stern may be from the German
gunboat Eber, which was destroyed when she struck the
harbor reef during the hurricane.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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