Photo #: NH 74114
Bombardment of Alexandria, Egypt, 1882
Front page of "The Judge" magazine, 12 August 1882,
featuring a cartoon by "JAW" concerning aid rendered
by the U.S. Navy during the British Navy's bombardment of Alexandria,
Egypt, in July 1882. Landing parties from USS Lancaster,
USS Quinnebaug and USS Nipsic went ashore on 14
July, after the bombardment.
The cartoon also makes note of the U.S. Navy's general condition
at that time.
Courtesy of Captain Roger G. Gerry, USN(DC), U.S. Naval Hospital,
St. Albans, New York, 1964.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 1897
Samoan Hurricane of 15-16 March 1889
Memorial tablet in the Chapel at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California,
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.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 44710
USS Nipsic (1879-1913)
The ship's propeller on display at the Mare Island Navy Yard,
California, circa the 1890s.
This four-bladed propeller was badly bent when Nipsic
went ashore during the 15-16 March 1889 hurricane at Apia, Samoa.
Collection of Rear Admiral Ammen Farenholt, USN(MC).
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 70598
USS Nipsic (1879-1913)
The ship's badly bent propeller on display at the Mare Island
Navy Yard, California, some time prior to 1915.
This propeller was damaged during the 15-16 March 1889 hurricane
at Apia, Samoa.
Courtesy of the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, 1970.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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