USS Nipsic
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- Mar 16, 1892The Iron Vanguard of the PacificWhile the USS Nipsic was an aging relic of a bygone naval era, its arrival at the Puget Sound station in 1892 marked a pivotal, hard-fought milestone in Seattle's rise as a major military port.Port Orchard, Bremerton, WA
- Feb 4, 1895Two Seattle Shipmates and the Hurricane That Sank a FleetCapt. D. Mullan and cigar-store owner L. S. Borchers, survivors of the 1889 Samoan cyclone, met in Seattle and remembered the Nipsic's escape.Butler Hotel, Seattle, WA