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Action of 13 June 1898
The Action of 13 June 1898 was a minor naval engagement of the Spanish–American War fought near Cienfuegos, Cuba, between the American auxiliary cruiser USS ''Yankee'' under Commander Willard Herbert Brownson and the Spanish gunboat ''Diego Velázquez'' under Teniente de Navío de 1ª clase Juan de Carranza y Reguera, which had exited the port to inspect a suspicious steamer which proved to be ''Yankee''. ''Diego Velázquez'', markedly inferior to ''Yankee'' in armament, managed to return to Cienfuegos, where it was joined by the small gunboats ''Lince'' and ''Cometa''. After the appearance of the latters, ''Yankee'' decided to withdraw.
==Background==
At the outbreak of the Spanish–American War Cienfuegos was a strategically important port due to its facilities and good communications with Havana.〔 Some prewar plans recommended its prompt capture, but instead it was blockaded, along with some other important ports of the southern coast of Cuba such as Santiago de Cuba and Manzanillo.〔 The most powerful Spanish naval units of the island, meanwhile, had been gathered in Santiago, and submarine defenses consisting mainly of torpedoes had been installed in the major ports of Havana, Cienfuegos, Santiago and San Juan de Puerto Rico.〔Franco Castañón, p. 6〕 The naval units based in Cienfuegos consisted of the 541-ton torpedo gunboat ''Galicia'' under Teniente de Navío de 1ª clase Ariño, the 300-ton torpedo gunboat ''Vasco Núñez de Balboa'' under Teniente de Navío de 1ª clase Izquierdo, the 318-ton torpedo gunboat ''Alsedo'' under Teniente de Navío Suences, and the 200-ton torpedo gunboat ''Diego Velázquez'' under Teniente de Navío de 1ª clase Carranza, plus the 179-ton gunboat ''Contramaestre'' and the 43-ton small gunboats ''Gaviota'', ''Cometa'', ''Lince'' and ''Satélite'', commanded respectively by Tenientes de Navío Freire, Rivero, Gómez Aguado and Moreno Eliza.〔Franco Castañón, p. 9〕
Various engagements were fought near Cienfuegos during the war. On 29 April the American protected cruiser ''Marblehead'' and the auxiliary ''Eagle'' exchanged fire for half an hour with the Spanish small gunboats ''Satélite'', ''Lince'' and ''Gaviota''.〔 On 2 May the gunboat Alcedo and the small gunboats ''Almendores'' and ''Gaviota'' escorted several transport vessels to Casilda, delivering to the town more than 3,000 men and about 800 horses and mules.〔 A week later two small boats of ''Marblehead'' and the gunboat ''Nasheville'' tried to cut telegraph cables linking Cienfuegos with Madrid. Two undersea cables were cut, but a third cable near the shore remained untouched. On 1 June a convoy of blockade runners and the transport ''María Cristina'' were successfully escorted into the port.〔
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