High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Hist, formerly Thespia, was built in 1895. She was purchased at Norfolk from David Dows, Jr., on 22 April 1898 for use in the Spanish-American War. Hist commissioned 13 May at New York, Lt. Lucien Young in command. Arriving at Guantanamo Bay via Charleston 25 June, Hist joined the blockading fleet off Santiago de Cuba on the 29th. The following day was a memorable one. That morning, in company with Hornet, Hist captured the Spanish schooner Nickerson. Their prize in tow, the two ships were joined by Wompatuck and the column headed for Manzanillo Bay. On their way. they engaged a Spanish gunboat, which they sank, and were fired on by shore troops at Niguero.

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