M-285: Spanish American War Scrapbook Finding Aid

CONTENTS LIST

Contents List

Box

Page

Item

Title/Description

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Lieut. Victor Blue, U.S.N.

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1

2

Rear-Admiral Miller

1

1

3

Commodore Henry B. Robe[son?]

1

1

4

Rear-Admiral James e. Jouett

1

1

5

Rear-Admiral Walker, of the Naval Strategy Board

1

1

6

Rear-Admiral Bunce

1

1

7

Commodore Howell

1

1

8

Commodore John Crittenden Watson, U.S.N., Commanding Cuban Blockading Squadron

1

2

1

Secretary of the Navy, John D. Long

1

3

1

Commodore George Dewey, U.S.N.

1

4

1

Mr. Allen

1

4

2

Commodore W.S. Schley, U.S.N., In command of Flying Squadron

1

4

3

Commodore M’Nair

1

4

4

Commodore Kautz

1

4

5

Captain H.C. Taylor, U.S.N., 1st Class Battle-ship “Indiana

1

4

6

Capt. P.H. Cooper, of the Annapolis Naval Academy

1

4

7

Captain R.D. Evans, U.S.N., 1st Class Battle-ship “Iowa

1

4

8

Captain Alfred T. Mahan

1

5

1

U.S.S. Indiana, Battleship, Twin Screw / reverse: U.S.S. Iowa, Battleship, Twin Screw

1

5

2

Captain W.T. Sampson, U.S.N., Commander-In-Chief, North Atlantic Station

1

5

3

Admiral Sampson

1

6

1

Gunners of the U.S.S. Massachusetts

1

6

2

Captain F.J. Higginson, U.S.N., 1st Class Battle-ship “Massachusetts

1

7

1

U.S.S. Oregon, Battleship, Twin Screw / reverse: U.S.S. Massachusetts, Battleship, Twin Screw

1

7

2

Captain Charles E. Clark, U.S.N., U.S.S. “Oregon” (1st class battle-ship)

1

8

1

Crew of the U.S.S. Texas

1

8

2

Lieutenant Sears

1

8

3

Captain F.E. Chadwick, U.S.N., Armored Cruiser “New York

1

8

4

Lieutenant Francis J. Haeseler

1

9

1

U.S.S. Texas, Battleship, Twin Screw / reverse: U.S.S. New York, Armored Cruiser, Twin Screw

1

9

2

Officers of Flagship, U.S.S. New York

1

8

3

Capt. John W. Philip, of the “Texas

1

9

4

Frederic Ralph Holman, U.S.N.

1

10

1

Lieutenant Dewey in 1861

1

10

2

Captain Charles D. Sigsee, U.S.N., U.S.S. “St. Paul” (Auxiliary Cruiser)

1

11

1

U.S.S. Miantonomoh, Coast Defense Monitor / reverse: U.S.S. Maine, Battleship, Twin Screw

1

11

2

Chief Petty Officers of the U.S.S. Maine

1

11

3

Captain Mortimer L. Johnson, U.S.N., U.S. Monitor “Miantonomoh

1

11

4

Junior Officers of the U.S.S. Maine

1

12

1

U.S.S. Helena / reverse: U.S.S. Amphitrite, Double Turreted Monitor

1

12

2

Lieut. Charles E. Vreeland, U.S.N., U.S.S. “Helena

1

12

3

Commander William T. Swinburne, U.S.N., U.S. Light-draught-Gunboat “Helena

1

13

1

Commander Walton Goodwin of the Southerby

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13

2

Commander Charles H. Davis of the Dixie

1

13

3

Lieut.-Col. Robert W. Huntington, U.S.M.C., Commanding 1st Battalion of Marines, Cap McCalla, Guantanamo Bay

1

13

4

Captain P.F. Harrington, of the Monitor Puritan

1

14

1

Launching of the Kearsarge, Battleship, Twin Screw / reverse: U.S.S. Puritan, Coast Defense Monitor

1

15

1

Commander William H. Emory, U.S.N., U.S.S. “Yosemite

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15

2

Lieut. Pendleton, U.S.N., Who Fired the First Shot at Matanzas

1

15

3

Captain F.A. Cook, U.S.N., Armored Cruiser “Brooklyn

1

16

1

U.S.S. Olympia, Protected Cruiser, Twin Screw / reverse: U.S.S. Brooklyn, Armored Cruiser, Twin Screw

1

16

2

Commander Frederick M. Symonds, U.S.N., U.S. Composite Gunboat “Marietta

1

16

3

Captain Charles V. Gridley, U.S.N., U.S.S. “Olympia” (Protected Cruiser)

1

16

4

Commander Joseph G. Eaton, of the Auxiliary Cruiser Resolute

1

17

1

Officers of the U.S.S. Atlanta

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18

1

U.S.S. San Francisco, Protected Cruiser, Twin Screw / reverse: U.S.S. Atlanta, Protected Cruiser, Single Screw

1

18

2

Captain Richard P. Leary, U.S.N., U.S. Protected Cruiser “San Francisco

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19

1

Lieut.-Com. Edward B. Barry, U.S.N., U.S.S. “Cincinnati

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20

1

U.S.S. Katahdin, Steel, Harbor Defense Ram, Twin Screw / reverse: U.S.S. Cincinnati, Protected Cruiser, Twin Screw

1

20

2

Commander George F. F. Wilde, U.S.N., U.S.S. “Katahdin” (Harbor-defense Ram)

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21

1

Commander Charles H. Davis, U.S.N., U.S. Auxiliary Cruiser “Dixie

1

21

2

Ensign Walter R. Gherardi, U.S.N., U.S.S. “Sioux” (Tug, “P.H. Wise”)

1

21

3

Lieut. (Junior Grade) William R. Shoemaker, U.S.N., U.S. Torpedo-Boat “Talbot

1

21

4

Commander William C. Gibson, of the Pensacola

1

21

5

Captain Louis N. Stodder, United States Revenue Cutter Service

1

22

1

U.S.S. Raleigh, Protected Cruiser, Twin Screw / reverse: U.S.S. Pensacola, Unarmored Gunboat

1

22

2

Captain Joseph B. Coghlan, U.S.N., U.S. Protected Cruiser “Raleigh

1

23

1

Crew of the “Charleston

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23

2

Lieut. Albert C. Dillingham, U.S.N., U.S.S. “Nashville

1

23

3

Lieut. John B. Collins, U.S.N., U.S.S. “Wilmington

1

24

1

U.S.S. Charleston, Protected Cruiser, Twin Screw / reverse: U.S.S. Minnesota, U.S. Receiving Ship

1

24

2

Officers of the “Charleston

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25

1

Lieut.-Com. Charles E. Colahan, U.S.N., U.S.S. “Detroit

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25

2

Commander James H. Dayton, U.S.N., U.S. Cruiser “Detroit

1

26

1

U.S.S. Baltimore, Protected Cruiser, Twin Screw / reverse: U.S.S. Detroit, Unarmored Cruiser

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26

2

Captain N. Mayo Dyer, U.S.N., U.S. Protected Cruiser “Baltimore

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27

1

U.S.S. Nantucket, Single-Turreted Monitor

1

28

1

U.S.S. Boston, Protected Cruiser, Single Screw / reverse: U.S.S. Montgomery, Protected Cruiser, Twin Screw

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28

2

Commander Benjamin P. Lamberton, U.S.N., U.S.S. “Boston” (Protected Cruiser)

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29

1

Lieut. Hamilton Hutchins, U.S.N., U.S. Torpedo-Boat “Stiletto

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30

1

U.S.S. Philadelphia, Protected Cruiser, Twin Screw / reverse: U.S.S. Stiletto, Wooden Torpedo Boat, Single Screw

1

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2

Stiletto discharging a torpedo

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31

1

Officers of the Yorktown

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32

1

U.S.S. Chicago, Protected Cruiser, Twin Screw / reverse: U.S.S. Yorktown, Gunboat, Single Screw

1

32

2

Officers of the Chicago

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33

1

Navy Officers (14 listed w/portrait)

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33

2

Commander Washburn Maynard

1

33

3

Commander Edwin White

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34

1

U.S.S. Minneapolis, Protected Cruiser, Triple Screw / reverse: U.S.S. Columbia, Protected Cruiser, Triple Screw

1

34

2

Captain Theodore F. Jewell, of the Protected Cruiser Minneapolis

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35

1

U.S.S. Saratoga, wooden sailing ship

1

35

2

Lieut. Henry McCrea, U.S.N., U.S.S. “Machias

1

36

1

U.S.S. Newark, Protected Steel Cruiser, Twin Screw / reverse: U.S.S. Machias, Gunboat, Twin Screw

1

36

2

Captain Albert S. Barker, U.S.N., U.S. Cruiser “Newark

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37

1

Lieut. Clayton S. Richman, U.S.N., U.S. Single-Turret Monitor “Nahant

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37

2

Lieut. Herman F. Fickbohm, U.S.N., U.S. Single-Turret Monitor “James

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37

3

Lieut. James M. Helm, U.S.N., U.S.S. “Hornet” (Yacht “Alicia”)

1

37

4

Lieut. Frederick R. Brainard, U.S.N., U.S.S. “Uncas” (Tug “W. Luckenback”)

1

37

5

Lieut. Aaron Ward, U.S.N., U.S.S. “Wasp” (Yacht “Columbia”)

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37

6

Lieut. John L. Purcell, U.S.N., U.S.S. “Osceola” (Tug “Winthrop”)

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37

7

Lieut. Nathaniel R. Usher, U.S.N., U.S. Torpedo-Boat “Ericsson

1

38

1

U.S.S. Dolphin, Dispatch Boat, Single Screw / reverse: U.S.S. Ericsson, Steel Torpedo Boat, Twin Screw

1

38

2

Lieut. Thomas Snowden, U.S.N., U.S.S. “Dolphin

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38

3

Officers of the Dolphin

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39

1

U.S.S. Yantic, Single screw, wooden, cruiser

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39

2

Lieut. Martin Ellsworth Hall, U.S.N., U.S. Single-Turret Monitor “Catskill

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39

3

Lieut. John A. H. Nickels, U.S.N., U.S.S. “Marblehead

1

39

4

Lieut.-Commander William S. Cowles, U.S.N., U.S. Transport-Steamer “Fern

1

40

1

U.S.S. Cushing, Steel Torpedo Boat, Twin Screw / reverse: U.S.S. Marblehead, Unarmored Cruiser, Twin Screw

1

40

2

Commander Charles J. Train, U.S.N., U.S. Auxiliary Cruiser “Prairie

1

40

3

Lieut. Albert Gleaves, U.S.N., U.S. Torpedo-Boat “Cushing

1

40

4

Commander Morris R.S. Mackenzie, U.S.N., U.S. Torpedo-Boat-Destroyer “Mayflower

1

41

1

U.S.S. Monterey, Monitor

1

41

2

Ensign Worth Bagley, U.S.N., Executive Officer Torpedo-boat “Winslow

1

41

3

Captain William C. Wise, of the Auxiliary Cruiser Yale

1

41

4

Lieut. John B. Beradou, U.S.N., Commanding Torpedo-boat “Winslow

1

41

5

U.S.S. St. Louis, Auxiliary Cruiser / reverse: U.S.S. Yale, Auxiliary Cruiser

1

41

6

Captain Caspar F. Goodrich, U.S.S. “St. Louis” (Auxiliary Cruiser)

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42

1

U.S.S. Petrel, Gunboat, Single Screw / reverse: U.S.S. Annapolis, Unarmored Composite Gunboat

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42

2

Commander E.P. Wood, U.S.N., U.S. Gunboat “Petrel

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42

3

Commander Williard H. Browson, U.S.N., U.S.S. “Yankee

1

42

4

Commander Clifford H. West, of the Gunboat Princeton

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43

1

U.S.S. Gloucester

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43

2

Lieut.-Com. Richard Wainwright, U.S.N., Commander of the converted Yacht “Gloucester” in her plucky fight with the Spanish Torpedo-boat-destroyers, July 3

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43

3

Commander Richardson Clover, U.S.N., U.S. Gunboat “Bancroft

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43

4

Commander Chapman C. Todd, U.S.N., U.S. Light-draught-Gunboat “Wilmington

1

44

1

U.S.S. Vesuvius, Dynamite Cruiser, Twin Screw / reverse: U.S.S. Bancroft, Naval Cadet Practice Cruiser, Twin Screw

1

44

2

Commander Richard Rush, of the Armeria

1

44

3

Lieut.-Com. John E. Pillsbury, U.S.N., U.S.S. “Vesuvius” (Dynamite-Gun Vessel)

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45

1

Sergeant Charles H. Smith, U.S.M.C.

1

45

2

Private James McColgan, U.S.M.C.

1

45

3

Assistant-Surgeon John Blair Gibbs, U.S.N.

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45

4

[Commander George Dewey?] – Taken in 1885, when Dewey was a

Commander of the “Pensacola

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45

5

Commander Asa Walker, U.S.N., U.S.S. “Concord” (Gunboat)

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46

1

U.S.S. Bennington, Gunboat, Twin Screw / reverse: U.S.S. Concord, Gunboat, Twin Screw

1

46

2

Commander Henry E. Nichols, U.S.N., U.S. Gunboat “Bennington

1

46

3

Captain Charles S. Cotton, U.S.N., U.S.S. “Harvard” (Auxiliary Cruiser)

1

47

1

U.S.S. Holland, Submarine Torpedo Boat

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47

2

U.S.S. Foote, U.S. Torpedo-Boat

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48

1

U.S.S. New Orleans, Battleship

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48

2

Commander W. H. Brownson, of the Auxiliary Cruiser Yankee

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48

3

Captain William N. Folger, U.S.N., U.S. Cruiser “New Orleans

1

49

1

U.S.S. Porter, 1st class Torpedo Boat

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49

2

Lieut. John C. Fremont, U.S. Torpedo-Boat

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49

3

Ensign Irvin V. Gillis, U.S.N.

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49

4

Lieut.-Com. James R. Selfridge, U.S.N., U.S.S. “Terror

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50

1

U.S.S. Vicksburg, Gunboat

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50

2

U.S.S. Topeka, Cruiser

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50

3

U.S.S. Terror, U.S. Double-Turret Monitor

1

50

4

Captain Nicoll Ludlow, of the Monitor Terror

1

51

1

U.S.S. Dupont, U.S. Torpedo-boat

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51

2

Lieut. (Junior Grade) Spencer S. Wood., U.S.N., U.S. Torpedo-Boat “Dupont

1

51

3

U.S.S. Monadnock, U.S. Steamer of the Philippines Fleet

1

51

4

Captain W.H. Whiting, of the Monitor Monadnock

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52

1

Daniel Montague – helped Hobson sink the “Merrimac

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52

2

Randolph Clausen – helped Hobson sink the “Merrimac

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52

3

George F. Phillips of the “Merrimac

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52

4

Richmond Pearson Hobson (as cadet at Naval Academy)

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52

5

Richmond Pearson Hobson (as Ensign U.S.N.)

1

52

6

Richmond Pearson Hobson (as Hero)

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1

The “Reina Cristina” the Flagship of Admiral Montojo

1

53

2

The “Isla de Cuba” (To which the Spanish admiral transferred his flag when the Reina was destroyed)

1

53

3

The “Reina Maria Christina” Flagship of the Spanish fleet at Manila, sunk May 1, 1898

1

53

4

Capt. Juan B. Lazaga, of the “Oquendo

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53

5

The late Capt. Don Luis Cadarso, of the “Reina Cristina

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53

6

Admiral Montojo, Commander of the Spanish Fleet at Manila, which was destroyed by Admiral Dewey, May 1, 1898

1

54

1

The “Cristobal Colon” on the beach at Rio Tarquino, 48 miles west of Santiago

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54

2

Capt. Emilio D. Moreu, of the “Cristobal Colon

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54

3

The “Cristobal Colon,” Cervera’s Flagship

1

54

4

Rear Admiral Hediger, Major General of Spain’s Reserve Fleet

1

54

5

Don Ramon De Auno, Spanish Secretary of the Navy

1

55

1

Vizcaya, Iron, barbette, armored cruiser

1

55

2

Capt. Antonio Eulate, of the Vizcaya

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55

3

Praxedes Mateo Sagasta, Prime Minister of Spain

1

55

4

Commander Robert E. Impey, U.S.N., U.S.S. “Sterling” (Collier)

1

56

1

Infanta Maria Teresa, Stell, barbette, armored cruiser

1

56

2

Capt. Victor M. Corcas, of the “Infanta Maria Teresa

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56

3

Admiral Cervera, Spanish Navy, Commanding Cape Verde Fleet

1

56

4

Admiral Villamil, Spanish Navy, Commanding the Torpedo Squadron

1

56

5

Admiral Manuel De La Camara (Commanding Spanish reserve squadron)

1

57

1

Lieut. Alex Sharp, Jr., U.S.N., U.S.S. “Vixen” (Yacht “Josephine”)

1

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2

James Proctor Morton, of Ironton, MO, Chief Engineer of the Cruiser Vixen

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58

1

Commander James M. Miller, of the Merrimac

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2

A typical American gunner

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1

Oquendo” – Headline: “Shot almost to pieces in thirteen minutes” – W.R. Hearst, 1898