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A three page list of supplies left behind by the USS Missouri, USS Iowa, and USS Indiana for hospitals to assist those hurt in the earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-01-20
This document lists the ships in the largest battleship fleets in each of three countries: England’s Channel Fleet, Germany’s High Sea Fleet, and the United States’s Atlantic Fleet. Notes are included regarding the commission of each fleet and planned replacements, repairs, and additions to the Atlantic Fleet.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-01-13
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt discusses battleship design elements and naval gunnery options with Richard Henry Dana and makes comparisons to British ships.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-05-08
President Roosevelt would like Rear Admiral Evans to comment upon a letter from Benjamin Tracy, a former Secretary of the Navy, regarding a naval battle during the Spanish-American War.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-02-06
Acting Secretary of the Navy Newberry informs President Roosevelt that he forwarded the papers to the Navy General Board. He details a list of the available battleships and cruisers and their stations. Newberry also includes a list of ships under construction. In all, sixteen battleships of the Atlantic Fleet, the USS Indiana, and possibly the USS Iowa can be sent to the Pacific.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-08-08
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt informs H. C. Taylor that he will write to Cyrus Edwin Lothrop. He thinks the USS Yantic can be promised to the Naval Militia of the Lakes if the treaty does not prohibit it. Roosevelt will take the matter to the United States Department of State. He is glad that Taylor shares his views of the naval militia, which should be built up. Roosevelt talked to Secretary of the Navy John Davis Long about having Taylor and William Thomas Sampson test the USS Indiana and Iowa.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-05-04
Collection of newspaper clippings of articles, photographs, and maps showing some of the actors, naval vessels, and events making up parts of the Spanish-American war. Includes some handwritten notes and hand-colored photographs.
1898
President Roosevelt stands with one foot on South America and the other foot on North America as he straddles the Panama Canal. Caption: Ready for Panama, Mr. Roosevelt will fulfill all his machinations and the universe will see another Colossus of Rhodes. Dominating the South and the North, he can look across without caring about the right, and give the last cut to the isthmus that is at his feet.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-11-21
The Department of the Navy provides a list of commissioned vessels and their current stations. An additional section details ships under construction and projected completion dates.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-08-08
Rear Admiral Evans provides his account of the Battle of Santiago de Cuba. Evans commanded USS Iowa during the battle.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-02-03
The dispatch, which was printed in a variety of Associated Press newspapers on May 30 and May 31, 1898, reveals that American warships have located and trapped the Spanish fleet in the harbor of Santiago de Cuba. The Americans have also captured a coal ship meant for the Spanish fleet. The dispatch also reports that the temperature is 110 degrees in the shade, and that the American warships involved include the Brooklyn, Texas, Massachusetts, Iowa, Marblehead, and Vixen.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1898-05-29