grave of William T Sampson - front - Arlington National Cemetery - 2013-08-24 : 無料・フリー素材/写真
grave of William T Sampson - front - Arlington National Cemetery - 2013-08-24 / Tim Evanson
| ライセンス | クリエイティブ・コモンズ 表示-継承 2.1 |
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| 説明 | The grave of Admiral William T. Sampson in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington County, Virginia, in the United States. Sampson was born in 1840, and graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1861. Annapolis immediately hired him to teach physics. He briefly served during the American Civil War (his ship struck a mine and sank), and then spent more years teaching, overseeing the Bureau of Navigation, commadning training ships, and serving in the naval torpedo design studio. He was named Superintendent of the u.S. Naval Academy in 1886.He was promoted to Captain in 1889 and commanded the protected cruiser USS San Francisco. (Armoring of battleships was just beginning. A "protected cruiser" was a warship with a belt of armor about the waterline to stop torpedoes, and a heavily armored over-deck to stop bombs from penetrating downward into the ordnance or fuel bunkers.) He later was Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance for four years before assuming command of the battleship USS Iowa in June 1897.The battleship USS Maine exploded under mysterious circumstances on February 15, 1898. Sampson was appointed head of the Board of Inquiry investigating the disaster. Although the board was unable to determine what happened, the American press assumed that the Spanish Navy had laid a mine, and war broke out between the U.S. and Spain in March. Sampson was breveted to Rear Admiral, and given command of the entire North Atlantic Squadron. On May 12, Sampson attempted to intercept the Spanish Atlantic Squadron at San Juan, Puerto Rico. But it wasn't there (it was short on coal and old, and hadn't even arrived), so Sampson ordered the city bombed. Numerous civilians died. Sampson then steamed for Cuba, where he was joined by Commodore Winfield Scott Schley's Flying Squadron. They learned that Admiral Pascual Cervera y Topete's Spanish Atlantic Squadron was already in the harbor at Santiago de Cuba. They attempted to block the harbor on June 3, but failed.On July 2, U.S. General William Rufus Shafter, commanding V Corps (the main U.S. battle force in Cuba), asked Sampson to force his way into the harbor at Santiago de Cuba. This was V Corps' job, and Sampson was appalled as he realized the U.S. Army had suffered such grievous losses from disease that it needed the U.S. Navy to capture the city for it.The following day, Admiral Cervera's old, broken-down ships tried to run the blockade. Sampson had gone ashore just hours earlier for a conference with Shafter, leaving Schley to win the victory as he easily destroyed the six Spanish ships. Sampson and Schley spent the rest of their years arguing over whether it was Sampson's plan or Schley's command that won the day. (The U.S. Navy generally credits Schley. One of the main gates at Arlington National Cemetery is named the Schley Gate.)President William McKinley appointed Sampson Military Governor of Cuba on August 20, 1898, but Sampson resigned in December to resume command of the North Atlantic Fleet. A year later, he was named Commandant of the Boston Navy Yard and retired in February 1902. He died in May 1902. |
| 撮影日 | 2013-08-24 09:08:20 |
| 撮影者 | Tim Evanson , Cleveland Heights, Ohio, USA |
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| カメラ | NIKON D7100 , NIKON CORPORATION |
| 露出 | 0.004 sec (1/250) |
| 開放F値 | f/8.0 |
| 焦点距離 | 35 mm |