Painting, <I>Battle of Malila Bay</I>
date: label: date made
content: ca 1898
name: label: maker
content: Mullen, F.
notes: label: Description
content: The Battle of Manila Bay took place on May 1, 1898. The battle was fought between the American Pacific Squadron and the Spanish Pacific Squadron, near the Philippines during the Spanish-American War. The American fleet was commanded by Commodore George Dewey, the Spanish by Admiral Patricio Montojo y Pasarón. The flagships of the battle were USS <i>Olympia</i> for the Americans and <i>Reina Cristina</i> for the Spanish. Seven American ships fought against nine Spanish ships though several small gunboats, equipped with weapons from land defenses, also took part in the battle. USS <i>Olympia</i> was built by Union Iron Works in San Francisco, California; it was launched in 1892 and was first commissioned under the command of John J. Reed. USS <i>Olympia</i> measured 344 feet long and 5,586 tons. <i>Reina Cristina</i> was built in Ferrol, Spain; when the ship was launched in 1887 it measured 278 feet long and 3,042 tons. The Battle of Manila Bay led to a major American victory; all the Spanish ships in the squadron were either destroyed, like <i>Reina Cristina</i>, or surrendered.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Maritime
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content: Work and Industry: Maritime
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content: Cigna Maritime Collection
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content: Art
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of CIGNA Museum and Art Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2005.0279.035
label: accession number
content: 2005.0279
label: catalog number
content: 2005.0279.035
objectType: label: Object Name
content: painting
label: Object Name
content: painting, oil
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: oil on canvas (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: without frame: 18 in x 32 in; 45.72 cm x 81.28 cm
label: Measurements
content: with frame: 30 in x 45 in; 76.2 cm x 114.3 cm