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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 97993

Samoan Hurricane of 15-16 March 1889


Scene in Apia Harbor, Upolu, Samoa, soon after the storm. USS Nipsic is beached in the center. Beyond her, to the right, are USS Vandalia (sunken) and USS Trenton.

Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Collection of Admiral Richard H. Jackson, 1965.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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17 July 2002