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...oast, ''Iowa'' was assigned to the [[United States Atlantic FLeet|Atlantic Fleet]] and was ordered to blockade duty, 28 May 1898, off Santiago de Cuba. On 3 ...tered drydock 11 June, 1899. After refit, ''Iowa'' served in the [[Pacific Fleet (U.S. Navy)|Pacific Squadron]] for 2 and a half years, conducting training

...lead ship of her class of battleships, was the first ship of the [[United States Navy]] to be named, by act of Congress, in honor of the famous American Civ ...Sea, she led the [[United States North Atlantic Battleship Squadron|North Atlantic Battleship Squadron]] to Lisbon, Portugal, where she entertained the King C

...ss Battleship (1898)|''Kearsarge'' class]] pre-dreadnought of the [[United States Navy]] was launched 24 March, 1898 by Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock ...pril. Rear Admiral [[Robley Dunglison Evans]], Commander in Chief, Asiatic Fleet, chose ''Kentucky'' as his flagship at Yokohama 4 November; and he continue

...r the next 10 months, participating in training maneuvers with the [[North Atlantic Squadron]] off Florida, and making calls at major east coast ports. On 27 M ...May to 30 August, 1904, the warship served as a training ship for [[United States Naval Academy]] midshipmen off New England and then entered New York Yard f

...Roads and Boston before being assigned to Division 2, Squadron 1, Atlantic Fleet 1 January 1907. The battleship departed Hampton Roads 9 March 1907 for Guan ...d around the world. President Theodore Roosevelt reviewed the "Great White Fleet " 16 December and sent it on the first leg of the long voyage. ''Rhode Isla

...onnecticut Class Battleship (1904)|''Connecticut'' Class]] in the [[United States Navy]]. ...ssed upon Congress the importance of a strong Navy and a thriving merchant fleet. During the circumnavigation, ''Louisiana'' visited Port-of-Spain; Rio de J

[[File:Burney as Admiral, IWM Q 71928.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Admiral of the Fleet Sir Cecil Burney, Bart., as an Admiral.<br><small>Photo: Imperial War Museu [[Admiral of the Fleet (Royal Navy)|Admiral of the Fleet]] {{SIR}} '''Cecil Burney''', First Baronet, G.C.B., G.C.M.G., Royal Navy (

...e course of the late spring and summer, the monitor, assigned to the North Atlantic Squadron, visited eastern seaboard ports: Savannah, Georgia (17 to 23 May, ...aval militia instruction at Norfolk until 9 July, when she accompanied the Atlantic Squadron on drills off Tolchester Beach, Maryland. She spent the next seve

...an, and his efforts at expanding the navy. Eventually Beresford was given fleet command, but the relationship between him and the [[First Sea Lord]], [[Joh ...eresford. '''I'''. pp. 113-114.</ref> In his own memoirs Admiral of the Fleet [[William Henry May|Sir William H. May]] identifies the "brother officer" a

...86)|''Anson'']] which was recommissioning for service in the Mediterranean Fleet. ''Anson'' left [[Chatham]] on 14 October for [[Malta]]. The usual drill ...and on 22 August he returned to ''Anson''. On 7 September, 1896, (Dreyer states 6 July in his memoirs) he was appointed to the battleship [[H.M.S. Barfleur

<p>&emsp;Admiral of the Fleet [[Arthur Knyvet Wilson, Third Baronet|{{SIR}} A<small>RTHUR</small> W<small ...t developments (C.I.D. Paper 130-B), and on the second hypothesis that the United Kingdom becomes the active ally of France, the important points were those

..., while previous papers from Sir Edward Reed, K.C.B., F.R.S., at the Royal United Service Institution, from Mr. [[William Henry White|W. H. White]], C.B., F. ...ts present unexampled position, but a naval officer, Captain Mahan, United States Navy, may, perhaps, claim to be the first who has set forth in a clear, ter

...Key West from 31 December 1897, ''Cushing'' reported to the North Atlantic Fleet's Blockading Force for picket patrol in the Florida Straits and courier dut ...commissioned 8 November, 1898. From 1901 to 1911 she was attached to the [[Reserve Torpedo Flotilla]] at Norfolk, and was sunk 24 September, 1920 after use as

...e first to be commissioned—of the first class of destroyer in the United States Navy. ...ade the trip to Annapolis, Md., where it became part of the North Atlantic Fleet's recently formed Coast Squadron. A week later, ''Bainbridge'' left Annapol

...''Davis'' operated on the east coast and in the Caribbean until the United States entered World War I. She sailed from Boston on 24 April 1917 as one of six ...an overhaul there joined Division 4, Flotilla 8, Destroyer Force, Atlantic Fleet, to cruise on the east coast.

''Dale'' was placed in reserve commission on 24 October, 1902, with {{LieutUS}} [[Harry Ervin Yarnell|Harr ...ing the [[First Torpedo Flotilla]] on the Atlantic coast, taking part in a fleet search problem conducted off Maine, and passing before President Roosevelt

...ses and was stationed at Philadelphia until returned to Charleston and the Reserve Torpedo Flotilla the following year. ...with a recruiting campaign necessitated by the probability that the United States would enter World War I. In June, she was reassigned back to her own type c

...mply to have been different names for the same duty—lying at pierside in reserve. ..., 1909. The torpedo boat remained at Charleston, in various conditions of reserve, but apparently always still in commission. Infrequently, she got underway

...d on 11 October, 1907 from the Atlantic Fleet, ''Stringham'' was placed in reserve, in reduced commission, on 31 January, 1908 at the [[Norfolk Navy Yard]]. ...October. Returning south to Charleston, ''Stringham'' was again placed in reserve on 30 November.

...in command. She departed Mare Island 25 August 1895 to join the [[Asiatic Fleet]] as flagship. For three years she cruised the Far East, visiting Japan, C ...e Dewey]] from 3 January, 1898. That winter she lay at Hong Kong with the fleet, awaiting orders should war with Spain break out.