Trophy Cannon

In the Battle of Manila Bay on May 1st, 1898, the American squadron under Commodore George Dewey sank the Spanish cruiser Castilla. Dewey's squadron included Olympia, Baltimore, Boston, Raleigh, Concord, Hugh McCullough, and Petrel. The Spanish squadron under Rear Admiral Montojo y Pasaron included Maria Cristina, Marquis del Duero, Castilla, Manila, Isla de Cuba, Isla de Mindanao, Isla de Luzon, Don Antonio de Ulloa, Don Juan de Austria, General Lezo, and shore batteries. The cannon was presented to the City of Rochester by the Hon. Oscar F. Williams, U.S. Consul at Manila and an eyewitness of the battle from the bridge of the Olympia, and was erected on June 14, 1902, by the Board of Park Commissioners through its committee, Henry C. Maine, H.F. Atwood, Pres. E.M. Moore, Calvin C. Laney, Supt., Edwin A. Fisher, City Eng., and Wm M. Rebasz, Dr.

Rochester, New York · United States