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Second Battle of Topolobampo
The Second Battle of Topolobampo was a bloodless naval engagement during the Mexican Revolution. In March 1914, a rebel Constitutionalist gunboat attempted to break the blockade of Topolobampo, Sinaloa in Mexico. The attack forced federal gunboats to a further distance but failed to lift the blockade.
==Battle==
On March 13, 1914, at 8:50 am, the rebel gunboat ''Tampico'', under Lieutenant Hilario Malpico, stood out for an attack on the federal gunboats, ''Guerrero'' and ''Morelos'', commanded by Captain Navio Torres. ''Tampico'' was spotted sailing out past the bar and as fast as possible the two federal warships were underway in ''Tampico''s direction. The ''Guerrero'' fired the first shots at 9:00 am with her gun battery of six 4 inch guns. Just like during the First Battle of Topolobampo, as soon as the ''Tampico'' cleared Shell Point, she fired her broadside of two 4 inch guns and one 6-pounder on the ''Morelos''. Her first shot landed about twenty yards too short at a range of 9,000 to 10,000 yards; none of the others hit ''Morelos''.
The ''Guerrero'' and ''Morelos'' followed ''Tampico'' until stopping so ''Morelos'' could return ''Tampico''s broadside with some of her own fire. ''Morelos'' fires and then turned about to retreat southwestward; none of her shots hit either. During the retreat, ''Tampico'' continued to fire on ''Morelos'' which put the USS ''New Orleans'', who was observing the battle, in direct line of ''Tampico''s fire. Realizing that he may hit a neutral vessel, Lieutenant Malpica shifted ''Tampico''s fire to the ''Guerrero''. Captain Torres in the ''Guerrero'', receiving fire again, chose to do the same as ''Morelos'' by turning around and fleeing, apparently in fear of ''Tampico''s guns. The ''New Orleans'', shifted berth as well, to a safer position in the battle area.
''Tampico'' steamed back to the safe side of the bar and the two federal gunboats anchored farther south than their prior anchorage. All the firing ceased by 9:12 am; the ''Guerrero'' fired a total of thirteen shells, the ''Morelos'' nine, and the ''Tampico'' fired six rounds. The range varied between 9,000-10,000 yards and no hits were made. This time the officers of USS ''New Orleans'' noted in their log that the gunnery of the Tampico was considerably better than that of the ''Guerrero'' or ''Morelos''.
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