USS Detroit (C-10)-- Part 2: Spanish-American War

During the Spanish-American War, the Detroit was part of a squadron which shelled Fort San Cristobol and Castillo San Felipe del Morro in San Juan, Puerto Rico and several shore batteries 12 May 1898.

Later, the Detroit patrolled off Nicaragua and Venezuela during problems there.

The ship was decommissioned in May 1900 and recommissioned in 1902, seeing service in the Caribbean Sea.

It was decommissioned again in 1905 and sold for scrap in 1910.

--Cooter