. Coast Guard history. United States. Coast Guard. The Hudson rescuing the Winslow. A brief war in an era of peace After the close of the Civil War in 1865, the cutters enjoyed a relatively long period of peace, interrupted only by the eight-month Spanish-American War in 1898. The outbreak of this war found the cutter McCulloch en route to San Francisco via the Mediterranean and the Suez Canal. At Singapore, she was ordered to join Dewey's forces in the Philippines. There she distinguished herself in the Battle of Manila Bay and afterward raced to Hong Kong with news of the American victory so
. Coast Guard history. United States. Coast Guard. The Hudson rescuing the Winslow. A brief war in an era of peace After the close of the Civil War in 1865, the cutters enjoyed a relatively long period of peace, interrupted only by the eight-month Spanish-American War in 1898. The outbreak of this war found the cutter McCulloch en route to San Francisco via the Mediterranean and the Suez Canal. At Singapore, she was ordered to join Dewey's forces in the Philippines. There she distinguished herself in the Battle of Manila Bay and afterward raced to Hong Kong with news of the American victory so that it could be cabled to the world. The cutter IF/Wow became involved in a naval battle off Cuba, while helping cut the Cienfuegos cable, which linked Havana with the outside world. In another battle at Cardenas, the cutter Hudson braved deadly fire from Spanish guns to tow the crippled Navy torpedo boat Winsloiv from under enemy shore bat- teries and certain destruction. Altogether, there were 18 cutters in the war with Spain. Thirteen operated from East Coast bases, eight of these blockad- ing Havana with Admiral Sampson's fleet. Four others and the McCulloch were in the Pacific. Three more were in yards being fitted for battle when the brief war ended. In the peaceful periods before and after the Spanish war, the Revenue Cutter Serv- ice underwent changes that presaged the tight-knit, efficient, dependable organiza- tion that the Coast Guard is today. Regu- lations of 1871 provided for regular inspection of cutters and for physical and professional examination of ofificers. In 1876 a system for training cadets to be- come ofificers was instituted. Finally, in 1SU5, the Revenue Cutter Service and the Lifesaving Service were merged and the new organization, headed by a captain commandant, was called the Coast Guard, the name it has borne ever since. 11. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability
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