593:. The sea was very smooth, and we were soon pulling her along at nine knots, but before the job was finished I wished I had never seen a monitor. When once out from the protection of the shoals the sea began to rise, and soon everything in the way of towlines had been parted, and it was only when we slowed down to seven knots or less that we could make anything hold. We found ourselves in the open sea looking for an enemy who could steam at the speed of sixteen to eighteen knots while we could barely maintain seven. The prospect of catching him was not very bright. However, we were doing our best with the tools the
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s Capt. Barclay commented on the lamentable conditions in his after-action report, pointing out that when the ship was closed up at action stations, the "utter lack of ventilation below ..." produced "heat so intense as to render it almost impossible for men stationed there to remain at their posts."
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hurled 17 10-inch (254-mm) shells shoreward, as well as 30 4-inch (102-mm) shells, 30 3-pounders, and 22 6-pounders in the course of the action. The blast from the ship's 10-inch (254-mm) guns destroyed the gig and railings on the superstructure, and other items of minor damage which did not "destroy
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s sailors occupying the lighthouse doused the light and signaled the ships offshore, initiating shore bombardment as the naval guns began firing a protective pattern. After two hours exchanging small arms and machine gun fire with the
Americans in the lighthouse, the Spanish forces retreated back to
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sent
Colonel Pedro del Pino and about 220 troops, including civil guardsmen to recapture the town. When Colonel Pino entered Fajardo on the afternoon of 7 August, he found it nearly deserted because the residents, fearing a battle, had fled to the Fajardo Light and the surrounding hills. At close to
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closed the lighthouse, left the U.S. flag flying and returned to the ship. In
Fajardo, Pino's men tore down the U.S. flags that flew over the harbor Customs House and City Hall, returning to San Juan after verifying that the lighthouse was abandoned. The contingent of about 20 civil guards that had
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was assigned to the 1st
Division, and steamed sixth in column as Sampson's ships stood toward San Juan. The admiral had seen that there were no Spanish ships in harbor—the object of his cruise—but decided to attack the defenses of the port, to "develop their defenses and strength" and then turn to
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in command. The men she placed in service soon proved to be invaluable in the war with Spain. Some 45 trained gun captains "who had received exact training fit to match the modern gun", gave a "good account of themselves" in action against
Spanish ships. Clearing Hampton Roads on 5 October, the
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Fajardo. The
Americans suffered no casualties, despite a close call when a wayward naval shell smashed through the 2 ft (0.6 m) thick walls of the lighthouse within touch of six men but failed to explode. The Spanish losses were two dead and three wounded, including a lieutenant.
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carried out standardization runs and target practice at
Tangier Sound in late October and the first week of November; on 8 November, she left Tangier Sound, via Hampton Roads, for Rosebank. She arrived back at Staten Island on 11 November 1918, the day the war ended in Europe with the
872:, where she underwent repairs from 7 October-14 November. Receiving drafts of men for gunnery class at Tompkinsville and Norfolk, the monitor proceeded back to Port Royal, arriving there on 29 November. Outside a brief port visit to Brunswick, Ga., from 28 January-6 February 1901,
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Tragically, Cadet
William H. Boardman was mortally wounded when his revolver dislodged from its faulty holster, fell to the marble floor and fired into his left inner thigh as he was entering the darkened lighthouse with three sailors. That night, Boardman was evacuated to
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port on 10 June for a succession of ports, Brunswick, Savannah, and
Southport, ultimately arriving back at Norfolk on 29 June. She served on naval militia instruction at Norfolk until 9 July, when she accompanied the Atlantic Squadron on drills off
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On 26 October, the guardship proceeded to the New York Navy Yard for repairs, remaining there until 20 November, when she returned to her station at
Rosebank. She was carrying out her duties there when, on 14 December 1917, the British steamship
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and fitted with a battery of one 6-pounder and one 1-pounder; for the remainder of the course, the tug proved a valuable adjunct to the monitor, serving as an "economical, handy, and effective moving platform" for moving subcaliber practice.
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and Lynnhaven Bay soon thereafter, the monitor conducted target practice at Hampton Roads before returning to Norfolk. She then proceeded south from Norfolk on 13 December 1895 for the lower eastern seaboard of the United States. She visited
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Chartered by the government in 1943, the ship was towed via inland waters to Elizabeth City, where she provided housing facilities for the workers building a new naval air station there. Following World War II, she lay alongside a wharf at
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lost the services of half of her main battery, when an armored hose on the exhaust pipe of the after turret burst, disabling it "at a moment when it could have rendered very efficient service." The monitor had sent the signal to the
408:. Early in the course of this period of operations, the combination of defects in the design of monitors in general (inadequate ventilation for engine room forces, particularly) and the summer heat produced hellish conditions aboard
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also received all reports of submarine activity with the waters off the district. At night, she trained her searchlights on the nets at regular intervals or to allow passage of authorized vessels. Such duty was not without hazard.
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was deemed well adapted for gunnery work, and received on board two classes a year consisting of 60 men. From 1 July-4 October 1899, the monitor carried out gunnery instruction out of New Bedford, and on 12 October sailed for the
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sailed for Port Royal on 3 December, stopping en route at Norfolk for coal and ammunition. Arriving at her destination on 9 December, she commenced her gunnery training course nine days later. On 17 January 1900, the tug
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in any degree the efficiency of the vessel". The chronic irritation of the ship- poor ventilation -afflicted the ship in the course of the action, when a gunner's mate on duty in the after turret died from the heat.
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reached Port Royal on 19 November, and remained there for over a month. After visiting Charleston from 23 December 1897 – 1 January 1898, she then returned to Port Royal, remaining there for over three months.
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departed New Haven on 7 April for the New York Navy Yard and repairs and alterations. She returned to Rosebank to guard the nets on 15 April. She was assigned to the 3d Naval District on 27 April 1917.
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Anchored behind a key just offshore and out of sight of the mainland since 1 August, on the evening of 6 August, Captain Barclay sent two boat parties ashore containing 28 sailors and 7 officers from
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Rapid changes in naval technology and doctrine during the two decades she was under construction had repeatedly delayed her progress, and she was redesigned twice while still under construction.
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sailed from Port Royal on 5 April, and arrived at Key West on the 8th. She remained there until the 22nd, before she operated from that place from 22 to 27 April. She was at sea when the U.S.
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served as a training ship for the instruction of gun captains. As such, she was apparently placed in ordinary at Norfolk, since she was not recommissioned until 2 October 1897, with Capt.
691:, where he died two days later. Boardman was one of only 23 combat-related U.S. Navy deaths during the entire Spanish–American War and the only Navy death during Puerto Rican operations.
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Early the next morning, Captain Barclay decided the continued occupation of the lighthouse was of marginal value and ordered his men back to the ship. A landing party of 30 sailors from
949:, on 2 February 1917 for repairs and alterations at the New York Navy Yard, arriving the following day, 2 February. On 17 February, the ship departed the yard and stood down river to
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remained on duty at Rosebank, interspersing guardship duties with upkeep and repairs at the New York Navy Yard, into October 1918. Leaving New York on 24 October for Hampton Roads,
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remained at Port Royal until 10 May, when she sailed for Norfolk and Tompkinsville, arriving at the latter on 3 June, en route back to her ultimate destination of New Bedford.
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was decommissioned at the Philadelphia Navy Yard on 31 May 1919 and stricken from the Navy List on 24 July 1919. On 3 January 1920, she was sold to A. L. D. Bucksten of
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and hotel proved slow and she was sold again in the spring of 1951, and was taken to Baltimore. Plans to refit the ship for work supporting oil exploration in the
457:, into early May 1897. While operating out of Charleston between February and April 1897, she conducted underway training on the average of three days per month.
797:, out of Hampton Roads, and out of Port Royal before she returned to Hampton Roads from 21 to 30 May 1899 for gunnery instruction. She subsequently visited
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resumed duty with the Naval Militia of Connecticut, arriving at New Haven on 18 March. She carried out this training duty, with drafts of men from
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came to naught, and the ship was sold to the Patapsco Steel Corp., Fairfield, Maryland. By the spring of 1952, the scrapping had been completed.
683:. They were also ordered to quarter 60 women and children of the town of Fajardo that were deemed in danger for having sided with the Americans.
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was ordered to the Naval Training Station at Newport, for duty, on 10 January 1903. She served there until early in 1904, when she was sent to
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yard; launched on 7 June 1883; sponsored by Miss Nellie Benson, the daughter of a Harlan and Hollingsworth official; and commissioned at the
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began the action at 05:16 with her forward 6-pounders. For two and a half hours, the ships bombarded the Spanish positions at San Juan.
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for instruction in ordnance, signaling, and seamanship, into early April. With the entry of the U.S. into World War I at that time,
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lowered her boats and abandoned ship; two section patrol boats and a motor sailer stood by and took lifeboats in tow. Ultimately,
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continued the important work of training gun captains through the summer and into the fall. Deemed in need of a general overhaul,
768:, Haiti. Proceeding then to Hampton Roads, she arrived there on 20 September. Departing that port six days later on 26 September,
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returned to Key West, her base of operations, on 19 May, and remained there until the 24th. Over the next two and a half months,
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the westward to continue the hunt. Beneath fair skies, the American ships stood through the long swells toward their objective.
559:. Because the monitors could not carry large amounts of coal, Sampson directed that the monitors be towed by the heavier ships.
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899:, Cuba, for duty as station ship. She performed this duty until detached on 19 June 1907, and was placed out of commission at
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under command of Lt. Charles N. Atwater and Passed Assistant Engineer David J. Jenkins, with orders to relight and occupy the
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1148:. She was subsequently towed to Florida for the same purpose, and it was rumored that "a certain amount of fashionable
918:, under the command of Chief Boatswain Patrick Shanahan, a duty she performed until assigned to training reservists at
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Calling "all hands" at 04:00 to complete preparations for action, the ships went to general quarters an hour later.
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1171:, in the spring of 1950. She was placed into a slip dredged into the bank at Sandy Point, near where the new
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In February 1898, tensions between the United States and Spain served as the backdrop for the explosion, in
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577:"When we reached the rendezvous, late in the evening, we found there, among other ships, two monitors—the
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scraped the guardship's bow, and her propeller strut fouled her cable, holding her fast for 20 minutes.
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922:, on 12 May 1912. Detached from this duty four years later, on 12 May 1916, the ship then proceeded to
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operated put of Key West on blockade duty, expanding her area of operations to include waters off
473:, from 7–23 October, and Tompkinsville from 24 October-12 November, before she returned south, to
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midnight on 8 August, Pino's troops began their assault on the lighthouse. The landing party of
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After "many vexatious delays", Evans writes, the American ships arrived off their destination,
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764:, arriving the following day, and lingered there until 31 August, on which day she sailed for
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8:
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680:
424:
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came ashore to secure the area while the 60 Fajardan civilians boarded the armed tug
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on August 2, the designated landing site for the U.S. Army invasion of Puerto Rico.
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carried out her gunnery training until departing New Bedford on 5 October for the
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completed her work at Port Royal on 19 April and proceeded north, accompanied by
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453:. She spent the next several months operating between Norfolk, Charleston, and
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During the course of the late spring and summer, the monitor, assigned to the
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was the only time that American forces withdrew from a position during the
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was placed out of commission at the Boston Navy Yard on 30 November 1901.
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After learning of the American presence, on 4 August, Governor General
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was standing out of New York Harbor in a thick fog and collided with
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left New York for Philadelphia on 30 April 1919, arriving on 1 May.
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or Navy ships which identified themselves by exchange of signals),
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Stripped of her turrets and superstructure, the ship was towed to
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Sampson's fleet then formed column to the northwest and retired.
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776:, where she remained from 29 September 1898 – 25 February 1899.
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s tender, joining the monitor off New Bedford on 25 June 1900.
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accompanied Pino, were left to maintain order in the town. The
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was rumored to have been interested in the erstwhile warship.
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1051:, suffering damage below the waterline. Attempting to clear,
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Assigned the duty of examining all ships entering or leaving
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that her after turret had been disabled, at 19:12; at 19:45,
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Following post-shakedown repairs and alterations at Norfolk,
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for necessary repairs. Upon completion of this yard period,
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operated off the eastern seaboard of the United States, off
427:, arriving there on the following day. Dropping down to the
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545:'s fleet on the way east from its cruise off the coast of
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After further repairs at the Navy Yard from 2–17 March
1002:, she continued her work laying the net off Rosebank.
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on 9 January 1896. She remained at Key West, drilling
906:Placed in commission, in reserve, on 14 June 1910,
460:Detached from the Atlantic Squadron on 7 May 1897,
1836:Spanish–American War monitors of the United States
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1305:Los incidentes de Fajardo 3 al 7 de agosto de 1898
668:, in late July, shortly before she was ordered to
910:was assigned to duty, training reservists in the
538:departed Key West, and shortly thereafter joined
412:, in some cases actually felling members of the "
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1063:was towed and beached off Tompkinsville, while
1530:Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in June 1917
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808:Owing to her light draft and steady platform,
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1364:Grobmeier, Alvin H. (1990). "Question 2/89".
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1210:. U.S. Government Printing Office: 762. 1921.
1204:"Table 21 – Ships on Navy List June 30, 1919"
887:Recommissioned at Boston on 1 December 1902,
1397:Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
1338:Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
1280:Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
321:), on June 23, 1874, by order of President
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1491:List of monitors of the United States Navy
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1831:World War I monitors of the United States
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1041:At 19:16 on 13 June 1917, the steamship
760:departed Cape San Juan on 18 August for
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16:For other ships with the same name, see
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480:Clearing Hampton Roads on 16 November,
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1075:collided with her during a heavy snow
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1152:was carried out on board." Notorious
477:, Virginia, arriving on 14 November.
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1175:was to be built, but business for a
585: ... I was directed to tow the
199:262 ft 9 in (80.09 m)
1144:, where she was used as a floating
287:1 Ă— .30 in (7.6 mm) Colt
207:55 ft 1 in (16.79 m)
13:
1347:Naval History and Heritage Command
1289:Naval History and Heritage Command
1067:continued her net-tending duties.
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215:14 ft 6 in (4.42 m)
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957:, Staten Island, for work on the
277:2 Ă— 37 mm (1.5 in) guns
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961:net in company with three tugs,
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605:, on the afternoon of the 11th.
444:, for six months, departing the
260:2 Ă— 4 in (102 mm) guns
255:10 in (254 mm)/caliber
82:$ 1,487,277 (hull and machinery)
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1122:and served as a dispatch ship.
423:sailed on 20 November 1895 for
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36:moored at the Boston Navy Yard.
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1130:Elizabeth City, North Carolina
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636:Toward the end of the action,
597:had given us to work with ..."
1:
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1087:nets at the Narrows as well.
891:Edwin H. Tellman in command,
510:to be ready for hostilities.
455:Tompkinsville, Staten Island
349:William C. Wise in command.
319:dismantled and reconstructed
7:
1136:Post-war commercial service
313:of iron-hulled, twin-screw
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1841:Maritime incidents in 1917
1167:, whence she was towed to
1165:Georgetown, South Carolina
1118:was assigned as tender to
799:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
670:Cape San Juan, Puerto Rico
608:On the morning of 12 May,
471:New Bedford, Massachusetts
451:Tolchester Beach, Maryland
434:Charleston, South Carolina
390:Port Royal, South Carolina
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990:. Later, in company with
897:Guantanamo Bay Naval Base
789:For the next few months,
398:Southport, North Carolina
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25:
1208:Congressional Serial Set
1142:Beaufort, South Carolina
714:and a similar number of
573:, in his autobiography:
518:on Spain, beginning the
369:Color postcard from 1897
335:Harlan and Hollingsworth
947:Bridgeport, Connecticut
375:North Atlantic Squadron
167:General characteristics
926:, for assignment with
924:New Haven, Connecticut
920:New Orleans, Louisiana
912:Missouri Naval Militia
851:subsequently replaced
841:, stopping at Norfolk
696:Manuel MacĂas y Casado
436:en route, and reached
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1366:Warship International
1173:Chesapeake Bay Bridge
1110:On 30 December 1918,
803:Newport, Rhode Island
774:Boston, Massachusetts
752:Puerto Rican Campaign
603:San Juan, Puerto Rico
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325:'s Secretary of Navy
1690:Leytenant Zatsarenni
762:Guánica, Puerto Rico
520:Spanish–American War
489:Spanish–American War
345:, on 23 April 1895,
343:Portsmouth, Virginia
331:Wilmington, Delaware
1275:"USS Amphitrite II"
1177:floating restaurant
1169:Baltimore, Maryland
1090:Following repairs,
916:St. Louis, Missouri
828:was turned over to
805:, and New Bedford.
681:Cape San Juan Light
425:Annapolis, Maryland
903:on 3 August 1907.
815:New York Navy Yard
649:sounded "secure".
543:William T. Sampson
508:United States Navy
466:Charles J. Barclay
394:Brunswick, Georgia
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996:George T. Kirkham
928:the naval militia
766:St. Nicholas Mole
748:Battle of Fajardo
727:under Lieutenant
720:protected cruiser
554:Pascual Cervera's
392:(23 May-8 June),
386:Savannah, Georgia
339:Norfolk Navy Yard
327:George M. Robeson
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379:eastern seaboard
323:Ulysses S. Grant
317:—was laid down (
114:30 November 1901
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571:Robley D. Evans
499:armored cruiser
497:Harbor, of the
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475:Lambert's Point
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356:Service history
191:3,990 tons
122:1 December 1902
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