DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER
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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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