USS Maine 1898

Sketches from the Spanish-American War

By Commander Hermann Jacobsen, German Navy
January 1899
INTRODUCTORY. During the recent war the German protected cruiser Geier, Commander Jacobsen, was stationed in the West Indies, in the vicinity of Cuba, and was permitted to pass in and ...

The St. Louis as a Transport

Captain Caspar F. Goodrich, U. S. Navy
January 1899
The exceptional credit won by the U.S.S. St. Louis in the transportation of troops during the late war with Spain is due to several concurrent circumstances.In the first place, her ...

The Last Naval Engagement of the War

Lieutenant W. F. Halsey, U. S. N.
January 1899
As a logical sequence of the surrender of Santiago, the necessity for blockading that port ceased to exist; hence began the gradual withdrawing of the vessels, and the fleet was ...

Battles and Capitulation of Santiago De Cuba (Completed)

Lieutenant José Müller y Tejeiro, Second in Command of Naval Forces of the Province of Santiago de Cuba
January 1899
Translated from the SpanishINTRODUCTORY.The publication by this office of the partial translation of "Battles and Capitulation of Santiago de Cuba," by Lieutenant Müller y Tejeiro, was received with so much ...

Professional Notes

January 1899
TESTS OF ARMOR-PLATES FOR THE JAPANESE BATTLE-SHIP ASAHI.Messrs. John Brown and Co., Limited, of Sheffield, who are making the armor for the Imperial Japanese battle-ship Asahi, now building on ...

Bibliographic Notes

January 1899
[American.]ARMY AND NAVY REGISTER.January 7, 1899. Decision on Exercise of Command.January 2. Our Duty and Rights in Samoa.ARMY AND NAVY JOURNAL.January 7, 1899. Navy Estimates. Militia for National Defense. The ...

Officers of the Institute

January 1899
President.Rear-Admiral WILLIAM T. SAMPSON, U. S. Navy. Vice-President.Rear-Admiral F. V. McNAIR, U. S. Navy. Secretary and Treasurer.Lieutenant GEORGE F. COOPER, U. S. Navy. Board of Control.Lieut.-Commander RICHARD WAINWRIGHT, U. S ...

Special Notice

January 1899
NAVAL INSTITUTE PRIZE ESSAY, 1900.A prize of one hundred dollars, with a gold medal, is offered by the Naval Institute for the best essay presented on any subject pertaining to ...

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