The Patriot Files

USS Petrel (PG-2)

David — Sat, 11 Jan 2003 21:50:25 -0800

by: David

Description: Photographed during the 1890s

USS Vicksburg (PG-11)

David — Sat, 11 Jan 2003 21:50:25 -0800

by: David

Description: Under sail, circa 1898.

USS Marietta (PG-15)

David — Sat, 11 Jan 2003 21:50:24 -0800

by: David

Description: Photographed in 1897-98.

USS Machias (PG-5)

David — Sat, 11 Jan 2003 21:50:23 -0800

by: David

Description: Off the Boston Navy Yard, Massachusetts, 7 August 1901.

USS Helena (PG-9)

David — Sat, 11 Jan 2003 21:50:22 -0800

by: David

Description: Photographed in Far Eastern waters sometime after 1899, while dressed with flags for a holiday.

USS Bancroft (1893-1906)

David — Sat, 11 Jan 2003 21:50:21 -0800

by: David

Description: Dressed with flags, circa 1893-98.

USS Bancroft (1893-1906)

David — Sat, 11 Jan 2003 21:50:20 -0800

by: David

Description: Firing a salute in 1898.

USS Princeton (PG-13)

David — Sat, 11 Jan 2003 21:50:19 -0800

by: David

Description: Photographed in 1898

USS Topeka (1898-1930)

David — Sat, 11 Jan 2003 21:50:18 -0800

by: David

Description: Off the New York Navy Yard, 1898. The receiving ship USS Vermont is visible at right, beyond Topeka's bow.

USS Nashville (PG-7)

David — Sat, 11 Jan 2003 21:50:17 -0800

by: David

Description: At the Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia, 8 January 1898.

USS Talbot (TB-15)

David — Sat, 11 Jan 2003 21:50:16 -0800

by: David

Description: Photographed circa 1898.

USS Cushing (TB-1)

David — Sat, 11 Jan 2003 21:50:15 -0800

by: David

Description: Photographed during the 1890s.

USS Rodgers (TB-4)

David — Sat, 11 Jan 2003 21:50:13 -0800

by: David

Description: Photographed circa 1897-98.

USS Ericcson (TB-2)

David — Sat, 11 Jan 2003 21:50:13 -0800

by: David

Description: Photographed circa 1897-98, with either USS Cincinnati or USS Raleigh in the left background.

USS Winslow (TB-5)

David — Sat, 11 Jan 2003 21:50:12 -0800

by: David

Description: Off Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1898. The Neafie & Levy shipyard is in the background.

USS Du Pont (TB-7)

David — Sat, 11 Jan 2003 21:50:11 -0800

by: David

Description: In a floating drydock at the Ollinger, Bruce Dry Dock Co., Mobile, Alabama, 18 February 1898.

USS Porter (TB-6)

David — Sat, 11 Jan 2003 21:50:10 -0800

by: David

Description: Photographed circa 1897-98.

USS Dolphin (1885-1922)

David — Sat, 11 Jan 2003 21:50:09 -0800

by: David

Description: Photographed during the 1890s.

USS Foote (TB-3)

David — Sat, 11 Jan 2003 21:50:09 -0800

by: David

Description: Photographed circa 1896-97.

USS Concord (PG-3)

David — Sat, 11 Jan 2003 21:50:08 -0800

by: David

Description: Photographed in Far Eastern waters, 1898, wearing wartime gray paint.

USS Wheeling (PG-14)

David — Sat, 11 Jan 2003 21:50:07 -0800

by: David

Description: At the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, circa August 1897.

USS Bennington (PG-4)

David — Sat, 11 Jan 2003 21:50:06 -0800

by: David

Description: In San Francisco Bay, California, circa 1894-98.

USS Newport (PG-12)

David — Sat, 11 Jan 2003 21:50:05 -0800

by: David

Description: USS Newport (PG-12)

USS Helena (PG-9)

David — Sat, 11 Jan 2003 21:50:04 -0800

by: David

Description: USS Helena (PG-9)

USS Petrel (PG-2)

David — Sat, 11 Jan 2003 21:50:03 -0800

by: David

Description: USS Petrel (PG-2)

USS Wilmington (PG-8)

David — Sat, 11 Jan 2003 21:50:02 -0800

by: David

Description: View of midships area, 1898, with crewmen on deck. The masts of a schooner are visible beyond her port side.

USS Winslow (TB-5)

David — Sat, 11 Jan 2003 21:50:01 -0800

by: David

Description: Photographed circa 1898, with a small "water taxi" rowing past her bow.

USS Porter (TB-6)

David — Sat, 11 Jan 2003 21:50:00 -0800

by: David

Description: Running trials in 1897.

USS Bennington (PG-4)

David — Sat, 11 Jan 2003 21:50:00 -0800

by: David

Description: In drydock at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, circa 1894-98.

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USS Annapolis (PG-10)

David — Sat, 11 Jan 2003 21:49:59 -0800

by: David

Description: In wartime gray paint, 1898.

USS Petrel (PG-2)

David — Sat, 11 Jan 2003 21:49:58 -0800

by: David

Description: At Hong Kong, 15 April 1898, shortly before the beginning of the Spanish-American War. Note crewmen aloft watching the rowing launches racing past in the foreground, also shipping and Chinese junks in the distance.

Bombardment of Fort San A

David — Sat, 11 Jan 2003 21:06:51 -0800

by: David

Description: Bombardment of Fort San Antonio de Abad, Malate, Philippines, 13 August 1898 At left, USS Olympia (C-6) and other U.S. Navy ships are firing on the fort.

USS Monterey (BM-6) (cent

David — Sat, 11 Jan 2003 21:06:49 -0800

by: David

Description: USS Monterey (BM-6) (center) and USS Charleston (C-2) (right) In Manila Bay, circa 1898-1899.

USS New Orleans (1898-192

David — Sat, 11 Jan 2003 21:06:43 -0800

by: David

Description: Arrives off the New York Navy Yard, April 1898, after crossing the Atlantic. Note oversize commissioning pennant flying from her main mast, and Brazilian Navy paint scheme. She had been purchased from Brazil on 16 March 1898, while still under construction in England.

USS Monadnock (BM-3)

David — Sat, 11 Jan 2003 21:06:42 -0800

by: David

Description: In the Pacific Ocean during her voyage from San Francisco to Manila, 23 June - 16 August 1898. Photographed from USS Nero.

USS Monadnock (BM-3)

David — Sat, 11 Jan 2003 21:06:42 -0800

by: David

Description: Steams through the Golden Gate, leaving San Francisco en route to Manila, 23 June 1898.

Audaz

David — Sat, 11 Jan 2003 21:06:41 -0800

by: David

Description: (Spanish Torpedo Boat Destroyer, 1897-1927) At Port Said, Egypt, 26 June - 4 July 1898, while serving with Admiral Camara's squadron. The Spanish auxiliary cruiser Patriota is in the background.

Carlos V

David — Sat, 11 Jan 2003 21:06:40 -0800

by: David

Description: (Spanish Cruiser, 1895-1933) At Port Said, Egypt, 26 June - 11 July 1898, while serving with Rear Admiral Manuel de la Camara's squadron. This cruiser was begun as Emperador Carlos V, but her name was shortened prior to completion. Ship at left, with two smokestacks, is a Spanish transport, either Covadonga or Colon.

Rear Admiral George Dewey

David — Sat, 11 Jan 2003 21:06:39 -0800

by: David

Description: Rear Admiral George Dewey, USN, Commander of the U.S. Asiatic Squadron on tour in Manila, Philippine Islands, sometime after the city's capture on 13 August 1898.

USS Charleston (C-2)

David — Sat, 11 Jan 2003 21:06:38 -0800

by: David

Description: At Manila, Philippines, in 1898. She had convoyed the first U.S. troops to Manila in May-June of that year, capturing Guam while en route.

USS Monadnock (BM-3)

David — Sat, 11 Jan 2003 21:06:36 -0800

by: David

Description: At sea between San Francisco, CA, and Manila, Philippine Islands, circa June-August 1898. Photographed from USS Nero (1898-1922), her escort on the trans-Pacific voyage.

USS Oregon (BB-3)

David — Sat, 11 Jan 2003 21:06:35 -0800

by: David

Description: Off San Francisco, California, 19 March 1898, the day she sailed for her 66 day, 14,000 mile voyage around South America to join U.S. forces in the Atlantic.

USS Oregon (BB-3)

David — Sat, 11 Jan 2003 21:06:34 -0800

by: David

Description: Photographic composite, by Allan J. Drugan, depicting her steaming through heavy seas on the way to Cuba in March-May 1898, as described by Captain Charles E. Clark.

"Assembling the Fleet at

David — Sat, 11 Jan 2003 21:06:33 -0800

by: David

Description: "Assembling the Fleet at Key West -- Sunday Service on the Battleship Texas." Colored print after a painting by Howard Chandler Christy, March 1898

Transport City of Peking

David — Sat, 11 Jan 2003 21:06:32 -0800

by: David

Description: Transport City of Peking departing San Francisco for Manila, 25 May 1898.

Audaz

David — Sat, 11 Jan 2003 21:06:32 -0800

by: David

Description: (Spanish Torpedo Boat Destroyer, 1897-1927) At Port Said, Egypt, 26 June - 4 July 1898, while serving with Rear Admiral Manuel de la Camara's Philippines relief expedition. She has been fitted with four masts to permit the use of sails to extend her cruising range. Note furled sails on some masts, and identification letter A on her bow.Ship at extreme left is the Spanish auxiliary cruiser Patriota.

Transport City of Peking

David — Sat, 11 Jan 2003 21:06:31 -0800

by: David

Description: Transport City of Peking sailing from San Francisco for Manila, with U.S. troops on board, 25 May 1898.

Transport City of Peking

David — Sat, 11 Jan 2003 21:06:30 -0800

by: David

Description: Transport City of Peking leaving San Francisco with U.S. troops, en route to Manila, 25 May 1898.

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USS New Orleans (1898-192

David — Sat, 11 Jan 2003 21:06:29 -0800

by: David

Description: Docked at the New York Navy Yard, April 1898, immediately after her maiden voyage from England. The receiving ship USS Vermont is at left. Note New Orleans' extra-long commissioning pennant.

"Before the War"

David — Sat, 11 Jan 2003 21:06:28 -0800

by: David

Description: Painting by Carlton T. Chapman, depicting the U.S. North Atlantic Squadron anchored in Hampton Roads, Virginia, circa late March or early April 1898. Ships present are (left to right: USS New York, USS Indiana, USS Texas, USS Massachusetts, USS Columbia and USS Iowa.