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A
photochrom
print of the
USS
Texas
(1892)
, the first
U.S. Navy
battleship
. The warship was involved in the
Battle of Santiago de Cuba
on July 3, 1898, the largest naval battle of the
Spanish–American War
. The Spanish fleet in the
Caribbean
was destroyed in the engagement, ending any Spanish naval presence in the
New World
.
Photochrom:
Detroit Publishing Co.
Restoration:
Lise Broer
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