Battle of Manila Bay

1 May 1898, Cavite, Manila Bay, Philippines

Decisive American victory

Dewey's squadron ran past the entrance batteries in the dark and found Admiral Montojo's older ships anchored off Cavite. In a few hours of firing, broken by a pause for breakfast, the Spanish squadron was burned, sunk or scuttled. No American ship was seriously damaged.

United States Navy

9 ships, none lost

Ship	Type	Outcome
USS Olympia Dewey's flagship	Protected cruiser	Survived
USS Baltimore	Protected cruiser	Survived
USS Raleigh	Protected cruiser	Survived
USS Boston	Protected cruiser	Survived
USS Concord	Gunboat	Survived
USS Petrel	Gunboat	Survived

Flotillas and other craft	Number	Lost
Revenue cutter and colliers Revenue cutter McCulloch and the colliers Nanshan and Zafiro, kept out of the fighting.	3	0

Flotillas and other craft

Number

Lost

Revenue cutter and colliers

Revenue cutter McCulloch and the colliers Nanshan and Zafiro, kept out of the fighting.

Spanish Navy

7+ ships, 7 lost

Ship	Type	Outcome
Reina Cristina Montojo's flagship; shot to pieces, then scuttled	Cruiser	Sunk
Castilla Abandoned and sunk by her crew	Cruiser	Scuttled
Don Antonio de Ulloa	Cruiser	Sunk
Don Juan de Austria	Cruiser	Scuttled
Isla de Cuba	Protected cruiser	Scuttled
Isla de Luzon	Protected cruiser	Scuttled
Marqués del Duero	Gunboat	Scuttled

Flotillas and other craft	Number	Lost
Other gunboats and auxiliaries Including the cruiser Velasco and gunboat General Lezo, laid up at Cavite, the gunboats El Correo and Argos, and the transport Isla de Mindanao, which was abandoned after Concord fired on her. Sources do not agree on each one's fate.	5	?

Flotillas and other craft

Number

Lost

Other gunboats and auxiliaries

Including the cruiser Velasco and gunboat General Lezo, laid up at Cavite, the gunboats El Correo and Argos, and the transport Isla de Mindanao, which was abandoned after Concord fired on her. Sources do not agree on each one's fate.

Map

Dewey sails from Hong Kong 27 April – 1 May 1898