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Photo #: NH 91970 (complete caption)

USS Vandalia (1876-1889)

Ship's officers posed on deck, while she was flagship of the Pacific Station, circa 1888. Photographed at Honolulu, Hawaii.
Those present are Seated, left to right:
Lieutenant John C. Wilson;
Chief Engineer George J. Burnap;
Lieutenant James W. Carlin;
Captain Henry L. Howison, Commanding Officer;
Paymaster Frank H. Arms;
Surgeon Hosea J. Babin; and
Lieutenant Charles E. Fox.
Standing, left to right:
Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Horace M. Witzel;
Passed Assistant Engineer Alexander B. Bates;
Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Thomas M. Brumby;
Naval Cadet Harold K. Hines;
Naval Cadet Samuel P. Edmunds;
Naval Cadet Edward Moale, Jr.;
Naval Cadet Charles E. Johnston;
Naval Cadet Samuel B. Winram;
Lieutenant Hawley O. Rittenhouse;
Carpenter Joseph B. Fletcher;
Assistant Surgeon Francis W.F. Wieber;
Naval Cadet George F. Cooper;
Ensign Charles E. Sweeting;
Lieutenant Greenlief A. Merriam;
First Lieutenant George F. Elliott, USMC;
Pay Clerk John Roche;
Assistant Engineer Walter M. McFarland; and
Naval Cadet William G. McMillan.
Paymaster Arms and Pay Clerk Roche lost their lives when Vandalia was sunk in the 15-16 March 1889 hurricane at Apia, Samoa.

Collection of Lieutenant Edward Moale, Jr.

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27 March 2002