Clinton Scollard. See note on “Montgomery at Quebec.”
The _Merrimac_ was sunk on the morning of June 3, 1898, in order to
block the narrow channel into Santiago Bay where the Spanish fleet was
at anchor. The men who engaged in the perilous venture were:
Lieutenant Richard Pearson Hobson, naval constructor (born in
Greensboro, Alabama, August 17, 1870; graduated from Annapolis at the
head of his class in 1889; studied in France, and at the opening of the
Spanish war was conducting the post-graduate course in construction at
the Naval Academy at Annapolis).
Osborn Deignan, a coxswain of the _Merrimac_.
George F. Phillips, a machinist of the _Merrimac_.
John Kelly, a water-tender of the _Merrimac_.
George Charette, a gunner’s mate of the _New York_.
Daniel Montagu, a seaman of the _Brooklyn_.
J. C. Murphy, a coxswain of the _Iowa_.
Randolph Clausen, a coxswain of the _New York_.
=Stanza 6.= =Morro=, the ancient Spanish fortress commanding Santiago Bay.
=Socapa= and =Estrella=, batteries at the entrance to the bay.