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British destroyer crews considered torpedoes, gunfire, and volunteer swimmers carrying depth charges for bridge demolition.
From Five Weaknesses of Allied/Axis/Minor Navies in 1939 & 1940; Response to some Comments ·
A strategy of forcing rivals to match giant American battleships fails if Britain answers with fast global cruisers and concentrated heavy units.
From Five Weaknesses of Allied/Axis/Minor Navies in 1939 & 1940; Response to some Comments ·
The closing exercise asks viewers to design the best aircraft carrier possible with technology and knowledge available in 1939.
From Five Weaknesses of Allied/Axis/Minor Navies in 1939 & 1940; Response to some Comments ·
Cuba's revolt coincided with growing American regional ambitions and Spain's fear that yielding one colony would expose the rest of its empire.
From Patreon 60: Cruiser Actions of the Spanish-American War ·
Pelayo and Emperor Carlos V offered Spain powerful reinforcements, but the proposed Philippine expedition returned home after an American threat against Spain itself.
From Patreon 60: Cruiser Actions of the Spanish-American War ·
Defeat removed Spain from first-rank global competition, but it retained possessions and rebuilt enough to matter against smaller powers.
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Late nineteenth-century cruisers could exceed battleships in size and match their gun power while carrying less armour.
From Patreon 60: Cruiser Actions of the Spanish-American War ·
The leaked de Lôme letter and Maine's protective deployment show how badly relations had deteriorated before the explosion.
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USS Maine's long construction and unusual gun arrangement show how quickly late nineteenth-century warship design could overtake a new vessel.
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French heavy-warship production suffered from neglected infrastructure and Jeune École policy despite capable designers, workers, and yards.
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Britain's refusal to support Spain kept a proposed European declaration over Cuba from becoming a united challenge to American regional policy.
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Six hypothetical Spanish monitors built to Civil War designs would offer the American fleet outdated opponents.
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Spanish, contemporary American, and later engineering interpretations disagree over whether a mine or a coal-bunker fire destroyed Maine.
From Patreon 60: Cruiser Actions of the Spanish-American War ·
Coal dust could ignite nearby ammunition, so a change of fuel affected filtration and the safe placement of bunkers.
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Congress funded mobilization, Dewey prepared in Asia, and Oregon steamed toward Cuba as the crisis reached a declaration of war within ten weeks.
From Patreon 60: Cruiser Actions of the Spanish-American War ·
Replacing Fernando Primo de Rivera with Basilio Agustín coincided with Spain's failure to honor its Philippine settlement and renewed revolutionary activity.
From Patreon 60: Cruiser Actions of the Spanish-American War ·
Dewey's long service and sustained training prepared the Asiatic Squadron for war despite the absence of a permanent American base.
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Dewey's protected cruisers and gunboats carried useful firepower, but their speeds ranged from twelve knots to more than eighteen.
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An American attack on Spain itself could have made British intervention preferable to letting Germany lead a European naval coalition.
From Patreon 60: Cruiser Actions of the Spanish-American War ·
Olympia combined long range, speed, heavy eight-inch guns, and a protected deck in a one-off American commerce-raiding cruiser design.
From Patreon 60: Cruiser Actions of the Spanish-American War ·
Dewey's order let Gridley choose when to fire, while conflicting accounts leave the success of Olympia's first shot uncertain.
From Patreon 60: Cruiser Actions of the Spanish-American War ·
Warship paint schemes varied, including between overseas stations within a navy.
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Coaling left dust throughout a ship, creating both a cleaning burden and a combustion hazard in turrets and other sensitive spaces.
From Patreon 60: Cruiser Actions of the Spanish-American War ·
Known coal-storage sites offered useful targets during harbor bombardments.
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Dewey's trained squadron entered Manila Bay, fought through the morning, paused after a false ammunition warning, and returned to finish the Spanish fleet.
From Patreon 60: Cruiser Actions of the Spanish-American War ·
Alertness could not overcome the Spanish squadron's disabled machinery, removed guns, and ineffective supporting batteries.
From Patreon 60: Cruiser Actions of the Spanish-American War ·
Montojo faced Dewey with unprotected cruisers, disabled machinery, and ships stripped of guns to arm shore batteries.
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Montojo's few mobile cruisers were too small, slow, and weakly armed to close with Dewey's squadron while the Americans paused for breakfast.
From Patreon 60: Cruiser Actions of the Spanish-American War ·
Poor preparation, absent crews, damp powder, and fear of accurate return fire kept many Spanish batteries from engaging.
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Spain recalled and imprisoned Montojo even though he had inherited an untrained, disarmed force only months before Dewey attacked.
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Guam's officials mistook Charleston's ineffective bombardment for a salute, then surrendered an island whose defenses had been badly neglected.
From Patreon 60: Cruiser Actions of the Spanish-American War ·
Cost saving curtailed fleet practice, while the Philippine squadron's last exercise remains uncertain.
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Francisco Portus's appointment followed the removal of the Spanish governor, who was a different person from his brother José.
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Marblehead and auxiliary cruisers drove off Spanish gunboats and secured the harbor needed for American troops and logistics.
From Patreon 60: Cruiser Actions of the Spanish-American War ·
Pascual Cervera found Spain's premier overseas squadron short of training, supplies, infrastructure, and even a complete main battery for Cristóbal Colón.
From Patreon 60: Cruiser Actions of the Spanish-American War ·
A game example illustrates the real danger that properly equipped shore defenses could pose to ships.
From Patreon 60: Cruiser Actions of the Spanish-American War ·
The Spanish armoured cruiser displayed wooden stand-ins because her intended ten-inch guns had been rejected and replacements were not installed.
From Patreon 60: Cruiser Actions of the Spanish-American War ·
Reaching Santiago gave Cervera strategic value even before battle because the Americans had to watch his location and intentions.
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Ordered out despite overwhelming odds, Cervera led his cruisers through the harbor mouth into concentrated American fire and tried to cover the escape of the ships behind him.
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Poor coal restricted the Spanish escape while Brooklyn's turn, Texas's stop, and machinery problems disrupted the American pursuit.
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Before the breakout, Cervera personally secured and reassured the American sailors captured after the failed attempt to block Santiago's harbor.
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Sampson's absence and Schley's tactical command produced a bitter dispute over whether planning the blockade or directing the battle deserved the victory's credit.
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Cervera obeyed the governor's breakout order because refusing a legitimate civilian authority would have meant rebellion.
From Patreon 60: Cruiser Actions of the Spanish-American War ·
Cervera's language of fighting to the last man gave way to beaching damaged ships and allowing their crews to surrender.
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A confused series of actions around San Juan pitted converted liners, cruisers, a destroyer, gunboats, and coastal batteries against one another.
From Patreon 60: Cruiser Actions of the Spanish-American War ·
American cruisers, gunboats, and torpedo craft captured provision ships and steadily removed Spanish merchant tonnage from the war.
From Patreon 60: Cruiser Actions of the Spanish-American War ·
Cruiser operations dominated much of the campaign, but the reason for America's subsequent battleship emphasis remains uncertain.
From Patreon 60: Cruiser Actions of the Spanish-American War ·
Spain hurried incomplete and nonstandard ships toward the Philippines, only for coal denial, neutrality rules, and Santiago's defeat to force their recall.
From Patreon 60: Cruiser Actions of the Spanish-American War ·