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who had been helping to direct the warship's maneuvers by carrying instructions from the deck to the base of the engine room ladder. Ensign Bagley became known as the first U.S. naval officer killed in the Spanish–American War, killed along with four other sailors, John Barberes, John Daniels, George
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to tow her out of action. The revenue cutter approached the stricken torpedo boat and rigged a tow line between the two ships. As Hudson began to tow Winslow out to sea, one of the last Spanish shells to strike the torpedo boat hit her near the starboard gun and killed Ensign
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brought their guns to bear on the Spanish ship and shore, and the combined fire of the three American warships put the Spanish tugboat out of action while several waterfront buildings caught fire.
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The Spanish gunboat squadron, made of two steam launches and an armed tug, remained unscathed until the end of the war, when all the units were sold by the Spanish government.
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Another outcome was the legal cases initiated due to the damage sustained to private property. The surrounding area of the battle, near the present-day resort town of
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to approach the shore and investigate a steamer moored alongside the wharf to determine whether the vessel was an enemy warship.
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Because at the time members of the Revenue Cutter Service were not eligible for the Navy Medal of Honor, Congress approved a
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was towed clear of the action. Her commanding officer and several others in her crew were wounded. Lieutenant
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and her husband, landowner Francisco E. Cazañas for damages to their Buena Vista estate grounds near the
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s bow gun signaled the beginning of an artillery duel which lasted one hour and 20 minutes.
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reached a point approximately 1,500 yards from her quarry when a white puff of smoke from
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off the harbour's mouth, was under Lieutenant Antonio Pérez Rendón, while
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responded with her 1-pounders. The Spanish concentrated their efforts on
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The Spanish squadron based on Cárdenas consisted of three ships:
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s conning tower, damaged from Spanish gunfire during the battle
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reportedly moored in the harbor. Having swept the area for
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Operaciones de la Guerra de 1898: una revisión crítica
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On May 11, 1898, this fleet entered the 452:, was operating off the northern coast of 248: 234: 226: 31: 1683:Naval battles of the Spanish–American War 984:Agustín Ramón Rodríguez González (1998). 796: 794: 792: 790: 780: 778: 948:This article incorporates text from the 864:"Municipio de Cárdenas, Matanzas, Cuba" 774: 405:In May 1898, a small squadron of the 389:fought on 11 May 1898 in the port of 7: 385:was a minor naval engagement of the 27:Naval battle of Spanish-American War 1427:United States Coast Guard Pipe Band 460:to destroy the three small Spanish 1483:West Indies anti-piracy operations 1097:Vice Commandant of the Coast Guard 1070:Category:United States Coast Guard 495:two weeks earlier in a fortuitous 25: 1447:United States Coast Guard Cutters 632:Laureate Cross of Saint Ferdinand 1263:Maritime Law Enforcement Academy 1110: 1065: 1064: 1008: 941: 173: 162: 152: 143: 122: 109: 48: 1202:Research and Development Center 825:Franco Castañón, Hermenegildo, 523:to the navy some years before. 1662:Operation Enduring Freedom HOA 1417:United States Coast Guard Band 1268:Joint Maritime Training Center 1087:Secretary of Homeland Security 967:The Spanish–American War, 1898 1: 1092:Commandant of the Coast Guard 1385:Steamboat Inspection Service 658:US Secretary of the Treasury 622:, the commanding officer of 55:USRC Hudson and USRC Winslow 1437:Coast Guard service numbers 1278:Chaplain of the Coast Guard 911:"Serial set (No.5001-5799)" 468:, Captain Todd ordered the 1724: 1597:2nd Battle of the Atlantic 1577:1st Battle of the Atlantic 1547:Overland Relief Expedition 1537:Battle of Galveston Harbor 892:"Congressional Serial Set" 800:Rodríguez González, p. 116 784:Rodríguez González, p. 115 587:B. 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Index

Battle of Cardenas
Spanish–American War

Cárdenas
Caribbean Sea
Spain
United States
John Bernadou
Frank Newcomb
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Spanish–American War
1st Cárdenas
2nd Cárdenas
3rd Cárdenas
1st Cienfuegos
Guantánamo Bay
2nd Cienfuegos
Las Guasimas
1st Manzanillo
Tayacoba
Aguadores
El Caney
San Juan Hill
2nd Manzanillo
Aguacate
1st Santiago de Cuba
2nd Santiago de Cuba
3rd Manzanillo

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