Photo #: NH 97923
USS Nipsic (1879-1913)
View of the ship's after hull, taken in the floating drydock
at Honolulu, Hawaii, circa August 1889, while under repair for
damage received during the 15-16 March 1889 hurricane at Apia,
Samoa.
Note her missing rudderpost and rudder, badly bent propeller,
and "weathered" copper hull sheathing.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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