USS Merrimac (1894)
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USS Merrimac, sometimes incorrectly spelt Merrimack, was a cargo steamship that was built in 1894 in England as Solveig for Norwegian owners, and renamed Merrimac when a US shipowner acquired her in 1
Merrimac being fitted out at Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, VA, 23 April 1898
USS Merrimac's wreck in Santiago harbor
Richmond Hobson
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Richmond P. Hobson
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Richmond Pearson Hobson was a United States Navy rear admiral who served from 1907 to 1915 as a U.S. representative from Alabama. A veteran of the Spanish–American War, he received the Medal of Honor
USS Merrimac (1894)
…accompanied the squadron along the coast until it arrived off Santiago de Cuba on 26 May, where she bunkered several US warships. A young Lieutenant, Richmond P. Hobson, devised a plan to scuttle Merrimac as a blockship to trap Spanish warships that were thought to be in Santiago harbor. Admiral William T. Sampson…
Richmond Pearson Hobson, 1870 1937, bust portrait, facing right LCCN2006677978
Painting of Rear Admiral Richmond P. Hobson (Retired), dated 1937. He is depicted wearing his Medal of Honor and standing before an artwork of the sinking of the USS Merrimac.
Hobson leading narcotic fight, 1923
RADM Richmond P. Hobson receives Medal of Honor from President Franklin D. Roosevelt at the White House, 1933