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Selected Documents of the Spanish American War

Related Resources:

• The Destruction of Maine
• The Battle of Manila Bay
• Medals and Decorations: Dewey and Sampson Medals, West Indies Campaign Medal and Spanish Campaign Medal
• The Spanish-American War; Historical Overview and Select Bibliography
•  Online Library of Selected Images: Events--Spanish-American War
• War Plans and Preparations and Their Impact on U.S. Naval Operations in the Spanish American War

Contents:

Annual Report of the Secretary of the Navy Summary report, from Annual Reports of the Navy Department for the Year 1898 (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1898).

• The War [Destruction of Maine; Preparations for war]
• Asiatic Squadron [Naval Operations in the Philippine Islands]
• Pacific Squadron [Annexation of Hawaiian Islands]
• North Atlantic Fleet [Operations off Cuba]
• Operations of the Blockade [Blockade of Cuba]
• Operations off Porto Rico
• Marine Corps
• Naval Militia
• United States Auxiliary Naval Force
• Coast Signal Service
• Purchase of Auxiliary Vessels [List of vessels]
• The Fighting Force [Numbers of ships and men]
• In General [Conclusion]

Operations on the Asiatic Station. From Appendix to the Report of the Chief of the Bureau of Navigation, Annual Reports of the Navy Department for the Year 1898 (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1898).

• Naval Battle of Manila Bay
  • Communications Before the Battle
  • The Battle of Manila Bay: Miscellaneous Documents
  • Ship Action Reports
    • USS Olympia
    • USS Raleigh
    • USS Concord
    • USS Baltimore
    • USS Petrel
    • USS Boston
    • Steamer McCulloch
  • U.S. Consul at Manila
  • Official Spanish Report