Montojo's outclassed and partly disarmed squadron

American gunnery scored 145 hits from 5,859 shells, yet Spain's much weaker ships could not withstand the attack. The Spanish force included leaking, immobile, and lightly protected vessels whose guns had often been transferred ashore. Castilla had lost her eight-inch guns and could not move because repairs immobilized her shaft, while Don Antonio de Ulloa had her port-side armament removed. The small Isla de Cuba and Isla de Luzón carried only thin protected decks. Of the three entrance batteries with seventeen guns between them, only El Fraile fired, managing three rounds before Raleigh silenced it. Montojo had little time to improvise this defense, and Dewey later praised both his courage and the conduct of his flagship under concentrated attack.