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USS Reina Mercedes (IX-25)
USS ''Reina Mercedes'' (IX-25) was an unprotected cruiser of the Spanish Navy which was captured in Cuba in 1898 by the U.S. Navy during the Spanish-American War. She was refurbished and used by the U.S. Navy as a non-self-propelled receiving ship at Newport, Rhode Island, and subsequently as a detention vessel and barracks ship for the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, until 1957.
For an article on the technical characteristics and operational history of ''Reina Mercedes'' as a Spanish cruiser, see Spanish cruiser ''Reina Mercedes''.
== Captured by U.S. Navy forces ==
During the Spanish-American War, the ship ''Reina Mercedes'' served as a key defensive element of the Spanish defenses against the American blockade of Santiago harbor with four of her six 6.3" Hontoria guns and lighter guns being the teeth of the Spanish land batteries and the ship itself being the first layer of naval defense at the inner entrance of the mouth of the harbor. After the Spanish fleet had come out and been destroyed in the Naval battle of Santiago the Spanish Navy sank ''Reina Mercedes'' as a blockship in the entrance channel of the harbor at Santiago de Cuba, on the southeast coast of Cuba. The United States captured ''Reina Mercedes'' on 17 July 1898 when the Spanish defenses at Santiago de Cuba surrendered. The U.S. Navy decided to salvage ''Reina Mercedes'', and the Merritt-Chapman & Scott company was engaged to raise her. Work began 2 January 1899 and she was again afloat on 1 March 1899.
Leaking considerably as she had been damaged by no less than three 13" shells from the USS ''Massachusetts'' and two 12" hits from the USS ''Texas'' when being sunk as a blockship, as well as having incurred significant damage incurred in earlier bombardments, the ''Reina Mercedes'' was towed to Norfolk Navy Yard, Norfolk, Virginia, arriving 27 May 1899 for temporary repairs. Departing Norfolk on 25 August 1900, again in tow, ''Reina Mercedes'' arrived at the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine, on 29 August 1900 for refitting.
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