LEADER 04628nam 22006731 450 001 9910969649003321 005 20251117101424.0 010 $a1-61251-414-6 035 $a(CKB)2670000000399663 035 $a(OCoLC)863717183 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10766048 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000918366 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12370719 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000918366 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10906627 035 $a(PQKB)10545686 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1222199 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1222199 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10766048 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL667714 035 $a(OCoLC)853361228 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000399663 100 $a20090213d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aManila and Santiago $ethe new steel Navy in the Spanish-American War /$fJim Leeke 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aAnnapolis, Maryland :$cNaval Institute Press,$d2009. 215 $a1 online resource (218 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a1-322-36432-X 311 08$a1-59114-464-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 165-182) and index. 327 $apt. 1. Thirty-three years (1865-98) -- Fort Fisher -- The doldrums -- The Commodore -- The Maine -- Inquiry -- pt. 2. Manila -- Hong Kong -- Cruisers -- "God of victories" -- Magistrate and monk -- "Perfect line of battle" -- pt. 3. Santiago -- "Fighting Bob" -- Cervera -- Battleships -- The crossing -- Cienfuegos -- The Merrimac -- Blockade -- "God and the gunners" -- "Big enough for all" -- Aftermath -- Epilogue -- Appendix A: Comparative squadron strength, Manila Bay -- Appendix B: Comparative fleet strength, Santiago de Cuba. 330 $aThe U.S. Navy's first two-ocean war was the Spanish-American War of 1898. A war that was global in scope, with the decisive naval battles of war at Manila Bay and Santiago de Cuba separated by two months and over ten thousand miles. During these battles in this quick, modern war, America s New Steel Navy came of age. While the American commanders sailed to war with a technologically advanced fleet, it was the lessons they had learned from Adm. David Farragut in the Civil War that prepared them for victory over the Spaniards. This history of the U.S. Navy s operations in the war provides some memorable portraits of the colorful officers who decided the outcome of these battles: Shang Dewey in the Philippines and Fighting Bob Evans off southern Cuba; Jack Philip conning the Texas and Constructor Hobson scuttling the Merrimac; Clark of the Oregon pushing his battleship around South America; and Adm. William Sampson and Commodore Scott Schley ending their careers in controversy. These officers sailed into battle with a navy of middle-aged lieutenants and overworked bluejackets, along with green naval militiamen. They were accompanied by numerous onboard correspondents, who documented the war.In addition to descriptions of the men who fought or witnessed the pivotal battles on the American side, the book offers sympathetic portraits of several Spanish officers, the Dons for whom American sailors held little personal enmity. Admirals Patricio Montojo and Pasqual Cervera, doomed to sacrifice their forces for the pride of a dying empire, receive particular attention. The first study of the Spanish-American War to be published in many years, this book takes a journalistic approach to the subject, making the conflict and the people involved relevant to today s readers. This work details a war in which victory was determined as much by leadership as by the 330 8 $atechnology of the American Steel Navy. 606 $aShips, Iron and steel$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aSpanish-American War, 1898$xNaval operations, American 606 $aSpanish-American War, 1898$zCuba$zSantiago de Cuba 606 $aSpanish-American War, 1898$zPhilippines$zManila 606 $aWarships$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 607 $aUnited States$xHistory, Naval$yTo 1900 615 0$aShips, Iron and steel$xHistory 615 0$aSpanish-American War, 1898$xNaval operations, American. 615 0$aSpanish-American War, 1898 615 0$aSpanish-American War, 1898 615 0$aWarships$xHistory 676 $a973.8/945 700 $aLeeke$b Jim$f1949-$01612703 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910969649003321 996 $aManila and Santiago$94458155 997 $aUNINA