Winfield Scott Schley was a rear admiral in the United States Navy and the hero of the Battle of Santiago de Cuba during the Spanish–American War.
Winfield Scott Schley
Schley (fourth from left) and the crew that rescued the survivors of Adolphus Greely's expedition
Rear Admiral Winfield Scott Schley during the Spanish–American War
Sampson — Dewey — Schley issued March 23, 1937 See also: Army and Navy stamp issues of 1936-1937
Battle of Santiago de Cuba
The Battle of Santiago de Cuba was a decisive naval engagement that occurred on July 3, 1898 between an American fleet, led by William T. Sampson and Winfield Scott Schley, against a Spanish fleet led by Pascual Cervera y Topete, which occurred during the Spanish–American War. The significantly more powerful US Navy squadron, consisting of four battleships and two armored cruisers, decisively defeated an outgunned squadron of the Royal Spanish Navy, consisting of four armored cruisers and two destroyers. All of the Spanish ships were sunk for no American loss. The crushing defeat sealed the American victory in the Cuban theater of the war, ensuring the independence of Cuba from Spanish rule.
Combate en Santiago de Cuba, Ildefonso Sanz Doménech
Fernando Villaamil, c.1897
Spanish cruiser Cristóbal Colón
USS Brooklyn