Related Resources: Secretary of Navy's 1898 Report
The Spanish-American War (April-July 1898) was a brief, intense conflict that effectively ended Spain's worldwide empire and gained the United States several new possessions in the Caribbean and the Pacific. Preceded by a naval tragedy, the destruction of USS Maine at Havana, Cuba, the Spanish-American War featured two major naval battles, one in the Philippines and the other off Cuba, plus several smaller naval clashes.
The Navy also provided essential support for U.S. Army and Marine Corps
forces ashore. The war made public heroes of a number of U.S. Navy officers,
and marked the beginning of an extremely dynamic period in the Navy's
history.
Subjects Covered in the Spanish-American War Picture Collection:
To the best of our knowledge, the pictures provided here are all in
the Public Domain, and can therefore be freely downloaded and used for
any purpose.
16 October 1998