Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-04-28
THE RIVAL NAVIES
Warships Of Spain and the United
States.
WHERE The FLEETS ARE LOCATED
Classification of the American
Vessels.
PURCHASED BOATS INCLUDED

PURCHASED BOATS INCLUDED
The disposition of the ships of the United
States navy, according TO the best informal
| ton obtainaDle at the Navy Department.
| is as follows:
North Atlantic Squadron,
Capt. w. T. Sampson. commanding
Flagship New York: battle ships Iowa
| and Indiana; monitors Terror, Puritan and
Amphitrite; cruisers Detroit, Marbleh1d
! and Cincinnati; torpedo boats Dupont,
| Gushing, Ericsson. Porter. Foote and
Winslow; gunboats Wilmington, Helena.
| Machias, Nashville. Newport and Castine;
torpedo boat destroyer Mayfiower dispatch
boat Dolphin and lighthouse tender Man.
grove-engaged in the blockade OF Cuban
ports.
Cruiser Montgomery and g,,nboat vicks-
burg ell route from Norfolk to Key West,
conveying transport steamer Panther with
large detachment of marines.
dynamite cruiser Nesuvius en- route from
Cuba to Norfolk for repairs
Torpedo boat Rodgers at Norfolk under
going slight repairs.
Dispatch boats Fern, Leyden and Samo-
| set at Key West.
Gunboat Bancroft at Boston.
Gunboat Annapolis at Key West.
FIying Squadron,
Commodore W. ) Schley. commanding.
Flagship Brooklyn and battle ships Mas
sachusetts and Texas in Hampton Roads.
Cruisers Minneapolis and Columbia. cruis-
| ing off upper New England coast
Ram katahdin, at Provincetown, Mass.
Pacific Squadron,
Rear Admiral ]. N Miller, commanding.
Battle ship Or, gon and gunboat Mari
etta at sea in the neiGhborhood of Monte
video, Uruguay, en- route to Key West.
Gunboat Remington, at Honolulu.
Coast defense vessel Monterey and moni-
tor Monadnock, at San Francisco.
Cruiser Alert, at San Juan del Sur.
Asfatic Squadron,
Commodore George Dewey, commanding.
Flagship Olympia, cruisers Baltimore
Boston and Raleigh, gunboats Concord and
Petrol, revenue cutter McCulloch and col
| Tiers Nanshan and Zafiro, en- route from
Mrs Bay, China, to Manila, Philippines.
with view TO the capture of a port on
the Spanish colony for the establishment
| of a base of supplies.
Cruiser Mcnocacy, at Woosung, China.
Unassigned.
Cruisers San Francisco and New Or
leans at New York.
Cruiser Topeka, en- route from England
to New York.
Cruiser Newark. Quitting at Newport.
Cruisers Philadelphia and Charleston,
| Quitting at Mare Island, Cal.
Cruisers Chicago and Atlanta, under
going repairs at New York.
Torpedo boats Talbot and Gwin, at New
port.
Transports Panther and Resolute. en- route
to Key West with marine battalions. and
Badger, at New York.
Cruiser Albany and torpedo boat Somers.
| detained in English ports on account of
neutrality laws.
To- ont
| tiers Hamilton and Morrill,, en- route for
Key West.
Monitors.
| Catskill, at Boston; Lehigh, at League
Island, Pa; Nahant, at New York: Jason.
Montauk, Canonicus, Mahopac and Man.
| haitian at League Island Pa; Nantucket, at
Wilmington, \. c.; Passaic, at Brunswick,
! Ga; Ajax, at Philadelphia.
Special Service.
Cruiser Michigan, at Erie, in winter quar-
| tiers; gunboat Wheeling, at Sitka. Alaska;
| monitor Miantonomoh. en- route to Norfolk;
cruiser Pensacola, at Mare Island, Cal.
Receiving Ships.
| Franklin, at Norfolk; Independence, at
| Mare Island, Cal: Vermont. at New York;
| Wabash, at Boston, Mass; Richmond, at
Philadelphia, Pa.
Training ships.
Constellation, at Newport, r. l.: Alliance.
| at Fort Monroe, Va; Adams, at Mare ISL
| and. Cal; Mohican, cruising in south Pa
cific.
Nautical School ships.
ST. Mary's, at New York; Saratoga, at
Philadelphia, Pa; Enterprise, at Boston.
Fish Commission Vessels.
Fishhawk, at Boston, Mass; Albatross,
at Key West.
Auxiliary Fleet.
! Cruisers-St Paul. at Philadelphia; ST.
| Louis and New York (Harvard), sailed
from New York for Philadelphia; Paris
yale, en- route from England for New
| York; Yankee at New York: Dixie, at
Newport News Va; Prairie, at New York;
Yosemite. at Newport News, Va.
Revenue cutters-McLane. at Key West;
| Hamilton, Hudson, Manning, Morrill,, VIM
dom and Woodbury. are at Norfolk, Va;
McCulloch, at Yokohama, Japan; Grant
| Corwin and Rush are at San Francisco,
| Cal: Perry. at Port Townsend, Wash;
Gresham and Calumet, on the lakes.
Lighthouse tenders-Armeria, Norfolk,
Va; Mangrove, Key West, Fla; Maple,
Norfolk: Suwanee, Norfolk.
Yachts-Eagle. at Key West; Hawk, at
| en- route from New York to Key West;
Vixen at League Island, Pa: Scorpion, at
New York; Free Lance, at Brooklyn:
Aileen, at New York.
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Alice. Norfolk, Va: Nezinscot. Key West,
Fla: Osceola Norfolk, Va; Sioux, Key
West. Fla; Tecumseh, Norfolk, Va: I'm
cas-, Norfolk, Va; Wompatuck, New York;
Potomac, Pensacola. Fla; Choctaw, Pen
sacola, Fla; Powhattan. Pensacola, Fla:
Fearless, Mare Island, Cal; Vigilant, Mare
Island CAL; Active, Mare Island, CAL;
Pontiac and Mohawk, at New York, and
Hercules, at Norfolk.
Hospital steamer-Solace, Newport News,
Va.
Colliers-Merrimac. Norfolk, Va; Le-
hannn Boston Mass: Nanshan. Yoko-