Manila and Santiago : the new steel Navy in the Spanish-American War

Manila and Santiago : the new steel Navy in the Spanish-American War / Jim Leeke.

The U.S. Navy's first two-ocean war was the Spanish-American War of 1898. A war that was global in scope, with the decisive naval battles of war at Manila Bay and Santiago de Cuba separated by two months and over ten thousand miles. During these battles in this quick, modern war, America s New...

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Main Author: Leeke, Jim, 1949-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, 2009.
Subjects:
United States. > Navy > History > Spanish-American War, 1898.
United States. > Navy
To 1900
Ships, Iron and steel > United States > History > 19th century.
Spanish-American War, 1898 > Naval operations, American.
Spanish-American War, 1898 > Cuba > Santiago de Cuba.
Spanish-American War, 1898 > Philippines > Manila.
Warships > United States > History > 19th century.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Military operations, Naval > American
Ships, Iron and steel
Warships
Guerra hispano-americana, 1898 > Operaciones navales
Barcos de guerra > Estados Unidos > Historia
Marina de guerra > Estados Unidos > S.XIX
United States > History, Naval > To 1900.
Cuba > Santiago de Cuba
Philippines > Manila
United States
History
Naval history
Online Access:Click for online access
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Summary:The U.S. Navy's first two-ocean war was the Spanish-American War of 1898. A war that was global in scope, with the decisive naval battles of war at Manila Bay and Santiago de Cuba separated by two months and over ten thousand miles. During these battles in this quick, modern war, America s New Steel Navy came of age. While the American commanders sailed to war with a technologically advanced fleet, it was the lessons they had learned from Adm. David Farragut in the Civil War that prepared them for victory over the Spaniards. This history of the U.S. Navy s operations in the war provides s.
Physical Description:1 online resource (218 pages) : illustrations, maps
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-182) and index.
ISBN:9781612514147
1612514146
Language:English.
Reproduction Note:Electronic reproduction.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.
Action Note:digitized

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