1890-98 Spanish American War

Additions:

Ship

Class

Tonnage

Speed
(knots)

Armor
(D=deck,
T= turrets, B=belt)

Armament
(TT=torpedo tubes, AA=anti-aircraft)

Minneapolis

Raiding cruiser

7475

23.5

4”D/3”T

1-8”, 2-6”, 8-4”

Bancroft

Training ship

840

14.3

None

4-4”

Indiana

Battleship

10,288

15.6

3”D/17”T/18”B

4-13”, 8-8”, 4-6”

Massachusetts

Battleship

10,288

16

3”D/17”T/18”B

4-13”, 8-8”, 4-6”

Katahdin

Ram

2155

13

6”D and sides

None

Castine

Gunboat

1200

16

None

8-4”

Machias

Gunboat

1200

16

None

8-4”

Ericsson

Torpedo boat

23

3 TT

Brooklyn

Armored cruiser

9215

20

6”D/8”T/3”B

8-8”, 12-5”

Iowa

Battleship

11,410

16.5

3”D/14”T/14”B

4-12”, 8-8”, 6-4”

Nashville

Gunboat

1371

14

4”D/3”T

8-4”

Helena

Gunboat

1392

13

2½”D/2½”T

8-4”

Wilmington

Gunboat

1392

13

2½”D/2½”T

8-4”

Marietta

Gunboat

1200

12

None

6-4”

Wheeling

Gunboat

1200

12

None

6-4”

Annapolis

Gunboat

1000

12

None

6-4”

Newport

Gunboat

1000

12

None

6-4”

Princeton

Gunboat

1000

12

None

6-4”

Vicksburg

Gunboat

1000

12

None

6-4”

Porter

Torpedo boat

185

27.5

3 TT

Dupont

Torpedo boat

185

27.5

3 TT

Rowan

Torpedo boat

185

27.5

3 TT

Foote

Torpedo boat

142

24.5

3 TT

Rodgers

Torpedo boat

142

24.5

3 TT

Winslow

Torpedo boat

142

24.5

3 TT

Dahlgren

Torpedo boat

146

30.5

2 TT

T.A.M. Craven

Torpedo boat

146

30.5

2 TT

Davis

Torpedo boat

132

22.5

3 TT

Fox

Torpedo boat

132

22.5

3TT

Morris

Torpedo boat

105

24

3 TT

Gwin

Torpedo boat

46

20.5

2 TT

Talbot

Torpedo boat

46

20.5

2 TT

Mackenzie

Torpedo boat

65

19.5

2 TT

McKee

Torpedo boat

65

19.5

2TT

Stiletto

Torpedo boat

31

18.2

2 TT

Somers*

Torpedo boat

100

18

2 TT

Manly**

Torpedo boat

94

16

2 TT

New Orleans***

Protected cruiser

3450

21

3½”D/4½”T

6-6”, 4-4.7”

Albany****

Protected cruiser

3450

21

3½”D/4½”T

6-6”, 4-4.7”

All these ships were completed at outbreak of the war.
*Somers purchased from England, Manly from Germany. New Orleans and Albany from Brazil.

Work in Progress on:

Kearsarge*

Battleship

11,500

16.5

2½”D/15-17”T/
16½”B

4-13”, 4-8”, 14-5”

Kentucky*

Battleship

11,500

16.5

2½”D/15-17”T/
16½”B

4-13”, 4-8”, 14-5”

Alabama*

Battleship

11,552

17.4

4”D/14”T/16½B

4-13”, 14-6”

Illinois*

Battleship

11,552

16.2

4”D/14”T/16½B

4-13”, 14-6”

Wisconsin*

Battleship

11,552

17

4”D/14”T/16½B

4-13”, 14-6”

Topeka**

Gunboat

1880

14

6-4”

*Completed 1900.
**Purchased from Brazil.

Merchant Ships Armed as Auxiliaries:

Ship

Class

Tonnage

Speed
(knots)

Armor
(D=deck,
T= turrets, B=belt)

Armament
(TT=torpedo tubes, AA=anti-aircraft)

Small Liners

Buffalo

6888

14.5

2-5”, 4-4”

Badger

4784

16

6-5”

Dixie

6114

16