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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 2150

Samoan Hurricane of 15-16 March 1889


Wrecked ships in Apia Harbor, Upolu, Samoa, soon after the storm. The view looks about northward, with USS Trenton and the sunken USS Vandalia at left, the German corvette Olga beached in the center distance and USS Nipsic beached in the right center.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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18 March 2002