Photo #: NH 496
America (Peruvian Warship)
Beached and partially dismasted at Arica, Chile, following the
13 August 1868 tidal wave that washed her and other vessels ashore.
Photographed from the seaward side.
Ship in the distance, beyond America's bow, is USS Wateree.
This photograph was received from Captain Dudley W. Knox in 1934.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 42226
USS Wateree (1864-1868)
Beached at Arica, Chile, after she was washed ashore by a tidal
wave on 13 August 1868.
Partially dismasted ship stranded in the left distance is the
Peruvian warship America.
Halftone image, copied from the U.S. Naval Institute "Proceedings",
July 1926, page 1323.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 43759
USS Wateree (1864-1868)
Stranded at Arica, Chile, after she was washed ashore by the
13 August 1868 tidal wave.
The Peruvian corvette America is partially visible in
the distance.
Courtesy of Mrs. A.B. Hendrickson, from the collection of her
father, the late Rear Admiral Luther G. Billings.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Note: This image may be reversed. The orientation
of ships is the opposite of that of other photographs of this
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Photo #: NH 495
Charnasilla (English Barque)
The shattered hull of the Charnasilla on the beach at
Arica, Chile, following the 13 August 1868 tidal wave that washed
her and other vessels ashore.
Ship partially visible at right is the Peruvian warship America.
This photograph was received from Captain Dudley W. Knox in January
1934.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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