1935346_10153394905123344_2273379025108825297_n
Samoan Hurricane of 15-16 March 1889. Memorial tablet in the Chapel at the Mare Island Navy Yard, Calif., dedicated to the memory of officers and men of USS Trenton, USS Vandalia, and USS Nipsic who lost their lives in the storm. Photographed circa the early 1900s or earlier. NHHC Photograph Collection, NH 1897.