William Thomas Sampson was an American admiral. He was born in 1840 at Palmyra, New York and died in 1902. He was superintendent of the Naval Academy from 1886 to 1890 and chief of the Bureau of Ordnance from 1892 to 1897. When the war with Spain broke out, he was placed in command of the American North Atlantic fleet, whose operations resulted in the destruction of the Spanish fleet at Santiago. Research William Sampson
The Spanish-American War broke out between Spain and America in 1898 over American desires for the island of Cuba. American preparations for invasion commenced in 1897, and in February 1898 the US Battleship Maine was blown up in Havana harbour, allegedly by a mine, and in March 1897 the American army was mobilised. In April Congress declared the independence of Cuba, which naturally caused Spain to declare war.
A naval campaign was localised to the Philippine Islands and Cuba. At the Philippines the Spanish fleet under Admiral Montojo was destroyed on May the 1st at the Battle of Manila Bay; while the Cuban fleet was blockaded in Santiago Bay by Admiral Sampson, until it slipped out, was pursued and wiped out. The US landed 16,000 soldiers on Cuba and captured Cuba and Puerto Rico. Peace was arranged with Spain surrendering Cuba to the USA, and being required to sell the Philippine Islands, Puerto Rico and Guam to the USA. Research Spanish-American War
The SS-N-21 (Sampson) or Granat is a Russian land attack missile with a range of about 3000 kilometres and delivers a 200 kT warhead and uses inertial guidance and terrain following guidance. Research SS-N-21
The USS Sampson was an American Somers Class destroyer of 1850 tons displacement launched in 1938. The USS Sampson was powered by four Babcock and Wilcox high pressure oil-burning boilers providing a top speed of 37 knots. She carried a complement of 198 and was armed with eight 5 inch guns; eight 1 pdr guns; two machine-guns and twelve 21 inch torpedo tubes. Research Sampson
The USS Sampson is an American Charles F Adams Class guided missile destroyer of 3370 tons standard displacement launched in 1960. The USS Sampson is powered by four boilers and two geared steam turbines providing a top speed of 30 knots and a range of 6000 miles at 15 knots. She carries a crew of 360 including 20 officers and is armed with McDonnell Douglas Harpoon surface-to-surface missiles; GDC Standard SM-1MR surface-to-air missiles; one Honeywell ASROC Mk 16 octuple launcher; two FMC 5 inch/54 Mk 42 guns; four 12.7 mm calibre machine-guns and two triple arrangements of 324 mm Mk 32 torpedo tubes taking the Honeywell Mk 46 torpedo. Research Sampson II
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