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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 97996

Samoan Hurricane of 15-16 March 1889


View from the wrecked USS Trenton, with USS Vandalia sunk alongside. Taken in Apia Harbor, Upolu, Samoa, during the salvage of the ships' armament and equipment. Lines between Vandalia's foremast and Trenton's deck were used to save men clinging to Vandalia's rigging during the storm.

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