USS Texas. Crewmen pose in front of the battleship's port side (forward) 12in 35 gun, 1898. This view looks aft, with boat stowage and a winch at the left
USS Terror (BM-4). View looking forward, with her forecastle awash, while steaming from San Juan, Puerto Rico, to St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, 26 July 1898
USS St. Paul (1898). View looking aft on her forecastle, following conversion to an auxiliary cruiser, 1898. Note 5-inch guns, capstans, winch and other deck gear
USS St. Louis (1898). Photographed during the Spanish-American War. Note that, though in U.S. Navy service, this ship remains in her civilian paint scheme
USS Scorpion (1898-1929). Note battery of four 5in 40 guns located on her sides, fore and aft of the superstructure. This was by far the heaviest battery fitted to any yacht converted for Spanish-American War service
USS Sandoval (1895-1919) Photographed in 1898, shortly after entering U.S. Navy service. She was a former Spanish gunboat, captured at Santiago, Cuba, on 17 July 1898
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