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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 97994

Samoan Hurricane of 15-16 March 1889


Scene in Apia Harbor, Upolu, Samoa, following the storm. USS Trenton is in the center, with salvage operations underway. Barely visible on her opposite side is the sunken USS Vandalia. Surf is breaking on the reef, closer to the camera.

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