By piecing together diaries, letters, scrapbooks, and rare privately printed memoirs, the author has created a story which tells how America's ragtag navy-composed mainly of converted yachts, steamers and tugboats-was able to fight and win against the more powerful Spanish gunboats. The naval battles fought in places like Santiago, Cardenas, Cienfuegos, Manzanillo, Port Nipe, Guantanamo, San Juan, Guanica, and Ponce come alive in this book. The stories of the brave little ships that fought these battles-with names like the Gloucester and the Yosemite-at times against overwhelming odds, demonstrates the excellent training of the men who manned their guns under leadership of daring officers. This book fills in many of the missing pieces in the history of the Spanish-American War.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
The Life and Death of the U. S. S. Maine
War is declared and the blockade of Cuba begins
The voyage of the Oregon
The bombardment of San Juan, Puerto Rico
The attack at Cardenas
The cable cutting at Cienfuegos
Admiral Pascual Cervera arrives at Santiago, Cuba
The sinking of the Merrimac in Santiago Bay
The bombardment of the Santiago Harbor forts
The capture of Guantanamo Bay
Lieutenant Victor Blue's journey to Santiago Harbor
The U. S. S. Yosemite and the Purisima Concepcion
General Shafter's Fifth Army Corps lands in Cuba
Day of battle at Manzanillo
The naval engagement at Santiago Bay
Captain Littleton Waller Tazewell Waller's story
Lieutenant Commander Richard Wainwright's story
The surrender of Santiago and the battle at Port Nipe
The invasion of Puerto Rico
The surrender of Manzanillo
Epilogue
Addendum - List of U. S. Navy ships
