Admiral Lyon and the Trenton in the Simoon hurricane
A biographical sketch honors Rear Admiral Henry Ware Lyon, noting his rise from lieutenant on the Trenton during the Simoon hurricane to high command. It recounts the ship's rescue of the Vandalia and the band’s role in wartime morale, plus Lyon’s earlier commands in the Spanish American War aboard the Dolphin guiding nighttime bombardments and shore support for Marines at Guantanamo and Cusco.
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Ashington
Henry Ware Lyon
Trenton
South Pacific
Washington
Peacery
Dewey
Lyon
Simoun
Vandalia
Dshue Hnally
Wen
Bumoun
America
Germany
Great Britain
Tent Lyon
Cont Farquhar
Tronton
Anthony
Farquhar
Dolphin
Delphi
Sampson
Santiago
Guantanamo
Cusco
Commander Lyon Cleared Guantanamo Bay of Spanish Treacherous Mines
Commander Lyon of the Dolphin led a risky mine clearance in Guantanamo Bay. Two steam cutters towed Whaleboats and a 50 foot chain swept the bay surface, lifting torpedo anchors while Lyon credited others for the feat. Ensigns William Cole and Yates Stirling Jr. commanded the boats amid near perils. On June 6, 1898, near Santiago, Lyon shelled a train of troops moving along the shore as the Dolphin cruised east of the harbor.
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Maclay
United States Navy
Lyon
William ©. Cole
Yates Stirling, Jr
Santla Ko Harbor
Santiago
Flag Day Observances Highlight American Flag History
June observances recount the flag’s birth in 1775, with John Paul Jones and later actions, the 1794 to 1818 changes raising stars to 46, Wendover’s 1816 proposal, and the Bedford flag of Concord linked to the shot heard round the world. The piece notes enduring symbolism, wars, and legal limits on markings.
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Alfred
John Paul Jones
Wandie
Paul Youes
Belug
United States
America
Portsmouth
National Museum
Richard
Haltmore
Joshua Barney
Commodore Barney
Buregoyne
Valley
Yorktown
Vermont
Union
Kentucky
Congress
Wenatt
Oklashoma
Galaxy of
Philippines
Aleutian Islands
Alaska
Eastport
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Bedford
Concord
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Old North Bridge
Fred
Nathaniel Page, Jr
Minute Men
Pages
Gallant Lyon and McCalla Heroes of Naval War
The account recalls Rear Admiral Lyon directing four inch guns against a tunnel breach and sacrificing a locomotive to halt a Spanish assault. It also honors Rear Admiral Charles McCalla and his Marblehead and Nashville crews who cut cables at Cienfuegos during the Spanish War, with volunteers risking death and several sailors wounded or killed.
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Lyon
Inarma
Bowman Hendry McCalin
Calla
Earahor
Herolam
Herofam
Trenteln
China
McCalla
Admiral McCalla
Colon
Ye Isthmus
Panama
Onea
Marblehead
Cuba
Cienfuegos Harbor
Nashville
The
Cameron McRae Winslow
Colorados Point
McCalln
Lieut
Anderson
Widwlow
Robert Volz
Patrick Reagan
Herman W. Kuchmeister
Harry Hendrickson
Volz
Tientein
Eallore
Suilor
Alles
Chinwweelty
Tie Tein
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PY Fadi
Ae Fdward BS
Clarks
Wa.pauls Son
Commander Lyon
Guantanamo Bay
By Marie Everton Woodrufr
Francia Scott Key
Peter
Wendover
New York City
Taok
Samuel C. Reid
New York
Reid
Cherry Street
HAC & Star
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