The Spanish Campaign Medal
The Spanish Campaign badge is to be issued to officers and enlisted men of the Navy who served in the Navy in Cuban and Porto Rican waters and were attached to one of the following vessels between the dates mentioned (Navy Department Special Order No. 81 of June 27, 1908):
In the 1920s, the award criteria was relaxed to provide for award of this medal to all those who served in the Navy during the Spanish -American War.
[Historical note: Just how much attention is paid to the colors selected for service medal ribbons? Unfortunately, sometimes a mistake will occur.
In 1908, the red-and-yellow color scheme was designated for the West Indies and Spanish campaign medals. Hundreds were awarded and worn before Navy leadership belatedly decided that a ribbon bearing the colors of the defeated Spanish nation - who by that time once again were allies - was inappropriate and orders were issued changing the ribbon color to blue-and-yellow.
The change was duly made in 1913, but not without scores of the medals leaving the service through discharges and retirements. Officially, the color remains blue-and-yellow, but finding one with the politically incorrect red-and-yellow helps verify the age of this particular service medal.]
ORIGINAL LISTING OF ELIGIBLE SHIPS AND DATES OF SERVICE
USS Abarenda |
07 Jun 1898-26 Jun 1898 |
USS Alexander |
19 Jun 1898-30 Jun 1898 |
USS Amphitrite |
21 Apr 1898-12 Aug 1898 |
USS Annapolis |
25 Apr 1898- " |
USS Apache |
04 Aug 1898- " |
USS Armeria |
04 Jun 1898-03 Jun 1898 |
" |
26 Jun 1898-12 Aug 1898 |
USS Accomac |
21 Apr 1898- " |
USS Badger |
01 Jul 1898- " |
USS Baltimore |
21 Apr 1898-16 Aug 1898 |
USS Bancroft |
09 May 1898-12 Aug 1898 |
USS Brooklyn |
18 May 1898- " |
USS Boston |
21 Apr 1898-16 Aug 1898 |
USS Brutus |
23 Jul 1898- " |
USS Buccaneer |
06 Aug 1898-12 Aug 1898 |
USS Caesar |
06 Jul 1898-07 Jul 1898 |
USS Calumet |
21 Jul 1898-12 Aug 1898 |
USS Castine |
21 Apr 1898- " |
USS Celtic |
18 Jun 1898-30 Jul 1898 |
USS Cincinnati |
21 Apr 1898-30 May 1898 |
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15 Jul 1898-12 Aug 1898 |
USS Charleston |
20 Jun 1898-16 Aug 1898 |
USS Cheyenne |
03 Aug 1898-12 Aug 1898 |
USS City of Pekin |
20 Jun 1898-30 Jul 1898 |
USS Columbia |
30 Jun 1898-12 Aug 1898 |
USS Concord |
21 Apr 1898-16 Aug 1898 |
USS Cushing |
" -12 Aug 1898 |
USS Detroit |
" " |
USS Dixie |
18 Jun 1898- " |
USS Dolphin |
21 Apr 1898-29 Jun 1898 |
USS Dorothea |
30 Jun 1898-12 Aug 1898 |
USS Dupont |
21 Apr 1898-03 Aug 1898 |
USS Eagle |
23 Apr 1898-12 Aug 1898 |
USS Ericsson |
21 Apr 1898- " |
USS Fern |
" " |
USS Fish Hawk |
24 Jul 1898- " |
USS Foote |
21 Apr 1898- " |
USS Frolic |
31 Jul 1898- " |
USS Glouchester |
03 Jun 1898- " |
USS Gwin |
08 Jul 1898- " |
USS Hamilton |
01 May 1898- " |
USS Hannibal |
25 Jun 1898-13 Jul 1898 |
" |
30 Jul 1898-12 Aug 1898 |
USS Harvard |
11 May 1898-02 Jun 1898 |
" |
01 Jul 1898-10 Jul 1898 |
USS Hawk |
23 Apr 1898-12 Aug 1898 |
USS Hector |
30 Jun 1898-24 Jul 1898 |
USS Helena |
21 Apr 1898-12 Aug 1898 |
USS Hist |
25 Jun 1898- " |
USS Hornet |
23 Apr 1898- " |
USS Hudson |
05 May 1898-06 Aug 1898 |
21 June 1998
